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sporostegia

sporostegia is the plural of sporostegium.

Meaning of sporostegium

Noun

sporostegium (plural sporostegia)

  1. The so-called fruit of plants in the family Characeae of green algae, consisting of the hard brownish spirally-twisted shell or covering of the spore.

Questions about sporostegia

What is sporostegia the plural of?
Sporostegia is the plural of sporostegium.

Words near sporostegia in the dictionary

  1. sporormiaceous
  2. sporosac
  3. sporosacs
  4. sporosphere
  5. sporospheres
  6. sporostegia
  7. sporostegium
  8. sporotheca
  9. sporothecae
  10. sporothriolide
  11. sporotrichoid

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