zygosporangium

[ zahy-goh-spaw-ran-jee-uhm, -spoh-, zig-oh- ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural zy·go·spo·ran·gi·a [zahy-goh-spaw-, ran, -jee-, uh, -spoh-, zig-oh-].

1. a sporangium that bears a zygospore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zygosporangium¹

zygo- + sporangium

Example Sentences

Zygomycetes get their name from the special reproductive structure in which they have sex and  sexual spores: the zygosporangium.

From Scientific American