Sporangium

//spəˈɹænd͡ʒɪəm//

Synonyms for "sporangium" (7 found)

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Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)

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Translations

17 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • спора́нгий noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Catalan

1 entries
  • esporangi noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Dutch

2 entries
  • sporangium noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)
  • sporendoosje noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Finnish

1 entries
  • itiöpesäke noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Galician

1 entries
  • esporanxio noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Irish

1 entries
  • spóragán noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Italian

1 entries
  • sporangio noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 胞子嚢 noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Māori

1 entries
  • whare pua-atua noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Occitan

1 entries
  • esporangi noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Polish

1 entries
  • zarodnia noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • esporângio noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Russian

1 entries
  • спора́нгий noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Spanish

1 entries
  • esporangio noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

Telugu

2 entries
  • బీజకణకోశము noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)
  • సిద్ధబీజాశయము noun (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced)

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Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen sporangia form.

Source: wiktionary

Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.

Source: wiktionary

The sporangia, however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris, and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli.

Source: wiktionary

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