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megasporangium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
megas-po-rangium
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sporangium which produces only megaspores

Etymology

From neo-Latin, from mega- (“major”) + sporangium. The prefix is from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great”), and the base from spora + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, μέγας, ἀγγεῖον

Inflected Forms

megasporangia (plural)

Derived Forms

megasporangial

Frequently Paired Words

megasporangiate megasporic megasporogenesis sporangial sporangiophore spore

Synonyms

macrosporangium

Questions

What does megasporangium mean?
A sporangium which produces only megaspores
Where does megasporangium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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