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meiosporangium

meiosporangium noun: any sporangium that is subject to meiosis.

Noun

meiosporangium (plural meiosporangia)

  1. Any sporangium that is subject to meiosis
    • It is consistent with the interpretation of the Entorrhiza meiosporangium as representing the ancestral meiosporangium of Asco- and Basidiomycota.2015 July 23, “Entorrhizomycota: A New Fungal Phylum Reveals New Perspectives on the Evolution of Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of meiosporangium

pluralmeiosporangia

Origin of meiosporangium

From meio- + sporangium.

Words formed from meiosporangium

Questions about meiosporangium

What does meiosporangium mean?
Meiosporangium means any sporangium that is subject to meiosis.
What part of speech is meiosporangium?
Meiosporangium is a noun.
What is the plural of meiosporangium?
The plural of meiosporangium is meiosporangia.

Words near meiosporangium in the dictionary

  1. meiophylly
  2. meioses
  3. meiosis
  4. meiosporangia
  5. meiosporangial
  6. meiosporangium
  7. meiospore
  8. meiospores
  9. meiostemonous
  10. meiotaxy
  11. meiotherm

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