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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPORANGIUM

From New Latin, from sporo- + Greek angeion receptacle.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPORANGIUM

sporangium  [spəˈrændʒɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPORANGIUM

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sporangium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPORANGIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sporangium

Sporangium

A sporangium (pl., sporangia) (modern Latin, from Greek σπόρος (sporos) ‘spore’ + αγγείον (angeion) ‘vessel’) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. All plants, fungi, and many other lineages form sporangia at some point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in nearly all land plants and many fungi, sporangia are the site of meiosis and produce genetically distinct haploid spores.

Definition of sporangium in the English dictionary

The definition of sporangium in the dictionary is any organ, esp in fungi, in which asexual spores are produced.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPORANGIUM


collegium
kəˈliːdʒɪəm
contagium
kənˈteɪdʒɪəm
eryngium
ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm
eulogium
juːˈləʊdʒɪəm
fastigium
fæˈstɪdʒɪəm
florilegium
ˌflɔːrɪˈliːdʒɪəm
gametangium
ˌɡæmɪˈtændʒɪəm
horologium
ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm
macrosporangium
ˌmækrəʊspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
megasporangium
ˌmɛɡəspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
microsporangium
ˌmaɪkrəʊspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
patagium
pəˈteɪdʒɪəm
plagium
ˈpleɪdʒɪəm
pterygium
təˈrɪdʒɪəm
refugium
rɪˈfjuːdʒɪəm
synangium
sɪˈnændʒɪəm
tetrasporangium
ˌtɛtrəspəˈrændʒɪəm
uropygium
ˌjʊərəˈpɪdʒɪəm
vestigium
vɛˈstɪdʒɪəm
zoosporangium
ˌzəʊəspɔːˈrændʒɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPORANGIUM

sporadic
sporadical
sporadically
sporadicalness
sporal
sporangia
sporangial
sporangiola
sporangiole
sporangiolum
sporangiophore
sporangiospore
spore
spore case
spore print
sporicidal
sporicide
sporidia
sporidial
sporidium

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPORANGIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
equilibrium
gymnasium
lithium
magnesium
medium
millennium
podium
premium
seaborgium
sodium
stadium
symposium
titanium

Synonyms and antonyms of sporangium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sporangium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPORANGIUM

Find out the translation of sporangium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sporangium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sporangium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孢子囊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esporangio
570 millions of speakers

English

sporangium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sporangium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مباغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спорангий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sporangium
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sporangium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sporange
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sporangium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sporangium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

胞子嚢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포자낭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sporangium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bào tử nang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sporangium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोर्सियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sporanjiyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sporangi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sporangium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спорангий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sporangium
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σποριάγγειο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sporangium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sporangium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sporehus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sporangium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPORANGIUM»

The term «sporangium» is normally little used and occupies the 113.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPORANGIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sporangium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sporangium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sporangium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPORANGIUM»

Discover the use of sporangium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sporangium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Systematics and Evolution
Monocentric, holo- capric thallus with exogenous sporangium formation: a zoospore cyst (arrow) with a short germ tube; b movement of nucleus into the swollen germ lube: c an endobiotic sporangium with a developing discharge tube , and ...
David J. McLaughlin, Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, 2001
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Plants: Diversity and Evolution
Hornwort (Anthoceros) sporangium: (a) external view; (b) sections showing columella, spores and pseudoelaters. Figure 4.14. Figure 4.12. Sori showing protective flap called the indusium: (a) section through a Dryopteris sorus; (b) ' false ...
Martin Ingrouille, Bill Eddie, 2006
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Pteridophyta
Each sporangium is a kidney shaped, orange to yellow, unseptate sac like structure, with narrow (e.g., L. selago) or massive (e.g., L. alpinum) stalk. The sporangium wall consists of several layers of cells of which the innermost layer is the ...
Pooja, 2004
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The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
similar material occurs along branching and anastomosing tracts through the protoplasm of the sporangium, giving rise to the capillilium. The greater part of the lime granules pass out of the protoplasm and are deposited in the capillitium,  ...
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...
similar material occurs along branching and anastomosing tracts through the protoplasm of the sporangium, giving rise to the capilltlium. The greater part of the lime granules pass out of the protoplasm and are deposited in the capillitium.
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
similar material occurs along branching and anastomosing tracts through the protoplasm of the sporangium, giving rise to the cafxilitium. The greater part of the lime granules pass out of the protoplasm and arc deposited in the capillitium, ...
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...
similar material occurs along branching and anastomosing tracts through the protoplasm of the sporangium, giving rise to the capillitium. The greater art of the lime granules pass out of the protoplasm and are deposited in the capillitium, which ...
‎1911
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Botany For Degree Pteridophyta
It protects the sporangium below (Fig. 4.10, D). In L. volubile (Fig. 4.2, A—D), the strobili terminate younger branches and are compact and branched (Fig. 4.2, B). The sporophylls possess a small bulge or a flange on the ventral (abaxial) side.
Anil Kumar), 2012
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Annals of Botany
The nucleoplasm is in contact with it. Fig. 39. Young sporangium with two nuclei, each with a sickle-shaped mass of chromatin and a smaller granule or group of minute granules. Fig. 30. Young sporangium with two nuclei in process of division ...
Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman, 1913
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The Myxomycetes of Great Britain: Arranged According to the ...
Tilmadoche nutans, sporangium. 130. Tilmadoche gracilenta, sporangium. 181. Chondrioderma Michelii, sporangium, under side. 132. Tilmadoche mntabilis, capillitium. 133. Didymium microcarpum, sporangium. 134. Didymium Fuckelianum ...
Jósef Tomasz Rostafinski, 1877

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPORANGIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sporangium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alat–alat reproduksi, seperti : gametangium, sporangium, dan sporangiofor, konidium, konidiofor, khlamidospora. Di halaman selanjutnya, berikut JITUNEWS ... «Jitunews, Jul 15»
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... levels of cells sporangium swollen or. of Ellicott City MD care for patients with APTIMA HIV 1 RNA Qualitative Assay manufactured by Gen Probe Incorporated ... «High Country Press, Jun 15»
3
Wonderful Things: Ferns Eject Their Spores with Medieval-Style …
But the spores would just get slammed into the bottom of the sporangium by the annulus without some way to halt its motion mid-swing. The narrator points out ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»
4
The power of color
... the only word that rhymes with it in the 20-volume Oxford dictionary is sporange, which is an alternative form of sporangium, a botanical term for part of a fern. «Daily Sabah, Dec 14»
5
Dung-loving fungi's organic canon shoots out spores
The beret is actually a sack, called a sporangium, which is filled with thousands of spores. The sporangium waits patiently atop the fungus, much like a space ... «St. Cloud Times, Nov 14»
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Vigo crea las redes sociales efímeras
... de I+D, dentro de la subconvocatoria de retos de investigación, y que recibirá casi 58.000 euros hasta 2017 para poner en marcha la plataforma Sporangium. «Faro de Vigo, Jul 14»
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You've Got to Read This Zombie Novel of Ideas
From there, the fungus bursts forth from the poor ant's head in the form of a sporangium that allows “thousands of spores” to “spread for miles,” with the help of ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»
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Why is the horsetail plant such a pest?
Spores are contained in sporangia, and the fern sporangium is a miniature marvel of engineering. A strip of cells along one side have thickened radial and inner ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
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Frog-Killing Fungus Meets Its Match in Hidden World of Tiny Predators
When mature, they grow a spherical sporangium embedded in their host's skin that emits its own swimming spores when ripe. I couldn't find a good video of B. «Scientific American, Apr 14»
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Fungi Like You've Never Seen Them Before
This is the asexual spore-making structure (sporangium) of a fungus called Rhizopus stolonifer. The spores are all the little dark things clustered at the head of ... «Scientific American, Mar 14»

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