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eusporangiate
/ ˌjuːspɔːˈrændʒɪɪt /
adjective
- (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores Compare leptosporangiate
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eusporangiate1
from New Latin eusporangiātus (unattested), from eu- + sporangium
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Example Sentences
The bulk of living ferns are leptosporangiate, the eusporangiate class comprising only two living families, viz. the Marattiace� and Ophioglossace�, as well as many extinct types.
From Project Gutenberg
The eusporangiate types include the more primitive ferns; all the other main groups of Pteridophytes, and the seed-plants are also eusporangiate.
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