Megasporangium (Noun)
Meaning
A plant structure that produces megaspores.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The megasporangium is an essential reproductive structure found in flowering plants and gymnosperms.
- In flowering plants, the megasporangium is typically located within the ovary of the flower.
- A megasporangium contains one or more megaspore mother cells that undergo meiosis to produce the megaspores.
- Gymnosperms have a distinctive type of megasporangium called an ovule that produces their seeds.
- Each ovule in a gymnosperm megasporangium contains a single megaspore mother cell.