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MACROSPORANGIA
MACROSPORANGIUM
megasporangium, macrosporangium
(noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
macrosporangia
plural of macrosporangium
Source: Wiktionary
MACROSPORANGIUM
Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Macro-, and Sporangium.] (Bot.)
Definition: A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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