megasporangium

megasporangium
noun
a plant structure that produces megaspores
Syn: ↑macrosporangium
Hypernyms: ↑sporangium, ↑spore case, ↑spore sac

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from mega- + sporangium
: a sporangium that develops only megaspores (as the nucellus in a seed plant) — called also macrosporangium; compare microsporangium

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/meg'euh spaw ran"jee euhm, -spoh-/, n., pl. megasporangia /-jee euh/. Bot.
a sporangium containing megaspores.
[1885-90; MEGA- + SPORANGIUM]

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megasporangium /-spor-anˈji-əm/ noun (pl megasporanˈgia)
A sporangium producing only megaspores
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