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leptosporangia

leptosporangia is the plural of leptosporangium.

Meaning of leptosporangium

Noun

leptosporangium (plural leptosporangia)

  1. A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
    • In the Filicales the leptosporangium has a specialized spore dispersal mechanism involving an annulus of cells with thick walls that ejects spores explosively as it dries out.2003, Jill Bailey, Filicinophyta (ferns), entry in The Facts on File Dictionary of Botany, page 84

Questions about leptosporangia

What is leptosporangia the plural of?
Leptosporangia is the plural of leptosporangium.

Words near leptosporangia in the dictionary

  1. leptospiroses
  2. leptospirosis
  3. leptospirotic
  4. leptospiruria
  5. leptospiruric
  6. leptosporangia
  7. leptosporangial
  8. leptosporangiate
  9. leptosporangiates
  10. leptosporangium
  11. leptostracan

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