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sporangium

  • noun
  • /spəˈɹænd͡ʒɪəm/

A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

A kind of

  • reproductive structure

Related words

  • episporangium
  • germosporangium
  • hypnosporangium
  • meiosporangium
  • merosporangium
  • monosporangium
  • polysporangium
  • sporangiferous
  • sporangiform
  • sporangioid
  • zoosporangium
  • ascosporangium

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sporangium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.