prosporangium

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English

Noun

prosporangium (plural prosporangia)

  1. A vesicular cell in Chytridieæ, the protoplasm of which passes an outgrowth of itself, the sporangium, and becomes divided into swarm spores.

References

  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney. (1902). United States: Century Company.