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Webster 1913 Edition

Sporangium

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Spo-ran′gi-um

(spō̍-răn′jĭ-ŭm)

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Noun.

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pl.

Sporangia

(spō̍-răn′jĭ-ȧ)

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a sowing, seed + [GREEK] a receptacle.]

(Bot.)

A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.