‖ zoosporangium Bot.
(ˌzəʊəʊspɒˈrændʒɪəm)
Pl. -ia. Also in anglicized form zoosporange (ˈzəʊəʊspɒrændʒ).
[mod.L., f. next after sporangium.]
A receptacle containing zoospores. Hence ˌzoospoˈrangiophore (-fɔə(r)) [see -phore], a structure bearing zoosporangia.
| 1874 Cooke Fungi 170 Thick filaments or tubes, similar to those which form the Zoosporangia. 1882 Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 438 The zoospores are set free through an opening formed at the apex of the zoosporangium. 1889 A. W. Bennett & Murray Crypt. Bot. 326 The..zoospores are borne in zoosporanges at the end of cylindrical or club-shaped zoosporangiophores. |