merosporangium

merosporangium
A cylindrical small sporangium containing few spores and found in certain Zygomycetes. [G. meros, part, + sporangium]

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mero·spo·ran·gi·um (mer″o-spə-ranґje-əm) a small sporangium, usually cylindrical, containing a few spores in a chain or row.

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  • merosporangium — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from mer (III) + sporangium : one of the cylindrical outgrowths developing from the swollen sporangium tip in various fungi of the order Mucorales and having contents that divide to form a series of… …   Useful english dictionary

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