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prosporangium

prosporangium noun: a vesicular cell in Chytridieæ, the protoplasm of which passes an outgrowth of itself, the sporangium, and becomes divided into swarm spores.

Noun

prosporangium (plural prosporangia)

  1. A vesicular cell in Chytridieæ, the protoplasm of which passes an outgrowth of itself, the sporangium, and becomes divided into swarm spores.

Forms of prosporangium

pluralprosporangia

Questions about prosporangium

What does prosporangium mean?
Prosporangium means a vesicular cell in Chytridieæ, the protoplasm of which passes an outgrowth of itself, the sporangium, and becomes divided into swarm spores.
What part of speech is prosporangium?
Prosporangium is a noun.
What is the plural of prosporangium?
The plural of prosporangium is prosporangia.

Words near prosporangium in the dictionary

  1. prospidium chloride
  2. Prospidnick
  3. prospiracies
  4. prospiracy
  5. prosporangia
  6. prosporangium
  7. prospore
  8. prosport
  9. prospre
  10. pross
  11. prossed

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