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sporogonium

[ spawr-uh-goh-nee-uhm, spohr- ]

noun

Botany.
plural sporogonia
  1. the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.


sporogonium

/ ˌspɔːrəʊˈɡəʊnɪəm; ˌspɒ- /

noun

  1. the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts, consisting of a spore-bearing capsule on a short stalk that arises from the parent plant (the gametophyte)
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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰˈDzԾ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • r·n· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sporogonium1

First recorded in 1870–75; sporo- + -gonium
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Example Sentences

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Sporogonium rising from the under side near the margin.

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Sporogonium rising from the upper surface.

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Procumbent, irregularly branched or subpinnate; leaves semi-vertical, subsquarrose, obliquely cordate, the lower lobe expanded; underleaves ovate, acutely bifid, the upper margin angular-dentate or entire; sporogonium unknown.—On trees and rocks, chiefly in mountain regions.

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C, sporogonium with calyptra removed. op. lid, × 4.

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G, longitudinal section of a young sporogonium, × 12. sp. spore mother cells.

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