Eusporangiate

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That has sporangia that were each formed from several epidermal cells; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind. not-comparable

    "Bailey and Pain (1971) examined the walls of a wide range of species of ferns (both leptosporangiate and eusporangiate) and divided the species into three groups depending on whether their walls contained low (0-3%), medium or high (>10%) concentrations of mannose."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of ferns) having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells wordnet

Synonyms

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leptosporangiate

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"Bailey and Pain (1971) examined the walls of a wide range of species of ferns (both leptosporangiate and eusporangiate) and divided the species into three groups depending on whether their walls contained low (0-3%), medium or high (>10%) concentrations of mannose."

Etymology

From eu- + sporangiate.

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eusporangiate fern

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