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sporangiophore

[ spuh-ran-jee-uh-fawr, -fohr ]

noun

, Botany, Mycology.
  1. a structure bearing sporangia.


sporangiophore

/ spə-rănjē-ə-fôr′ /

  1. A stalk or branch that bears sporangia.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporangiophore1

First recorded in 1870–75; sporangi(um) + -o- + -phore
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Example Sentences

At the time of sporangial formation the protoplasm with numerous nuclei streams into the swollen end of the sporangiophore and there becomes cut off by a cell-wall to form the sporangium.

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