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Webster 1913 Edition


Macrosporangium

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Macˊro-spo-ran′gi-um

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Macro-
, and
Sporangium
.]
(Bot.)
A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; – opposed to
microsporangium
. Both are found in the genera
Selaginella
,
Isoctes
, and
Marsilia
, plants remotely allied to ferns.