How do you pronounce sporangium?

The recorded pronunciation is /spəˈɹænd͡ʒɪəm/.

sporangium

/spəˈɹænd͡ʒɪəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: spo-rangium
IPA: /spəˈɹænd͡ʒɪəm/

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Meaning

noun

A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

Example Sentences

"Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen sporangia form."
"Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon."
"The sporangia, however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris, and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli."

Etymology

From Late Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).

Inflected Forms

sporangia (plural)

Derived Forms

ascosporangium basidiosporangium clinosporangium endosporangium episporangium eusporangium germosporangium hypnosporangium leptosporangium macrosporangium megasporangium meiosporangium

Frequently Paired Words

spore sporange sporangin synangium

Synonyms

sporange spore case theca capsule spore sac