Sporangium (Noun)
Meaning
Organ containing or producing spores.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The sporangium of ferns typically produce large quantities of spores on the underside of their leaves.
- Each sporangium contains as many as thousands of individual spores, all of which are identical and can grow into new organisms.
- The sporangium itself often has a protective outer layer to shield the delicate spores inside.
- In some plants, the sporangium is located at the tip of a long stalk to improve spore dispersal.
- Mosses have relatively simple sporangia that release their spores into the air when mature.