sporangium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun organ containing or producing spores
    spore sac; spore case.

WordNet

Spo*ran"gi*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a sowing, seed + a receptacle.
Wordforms
plural Sporangia
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.

Webster 1913