Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

androsporangium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-drospo-rangium
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sporangium for androspores.

Example Sentences

"The androsporangia produce the androspores which are special kinds of zoospores and give rise to the “dwarf males” as in Œdogonium."
"The androsporangium is usually produced in the neighbourhood of an oogonium and becomes the mother-cell of a motile ciliated spore known as an androspore, intermediate in size between an antherozoid and a zoogonidium."
"The androsporangia are formed in a series by the repeated transverse division of any vegetative cell of a large filament. The contents of each androsporangium are metamorphosed into a single androspore."

Etymology

From New Latin, from andro- + sporangium.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

androsporangia (plural)

Questions

What does androsporangium mean?: A sporangium for androspores.
Where does androsporangium come from?: From New Latin, from andro- + sporangium.

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