‖ tetraspoˈrangium Bot.
Pl. -ia.
[mod.L., f. tetra- + sporangium; or f. tetraspore + Gr. ἀγγεῖον receptacle.]
A sporangium producing or containing tetraspores. Rarely anglicized as ˈtetraspoˌrange (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1890 Athenæum 21 June 805/2 On the Development of the Tetrasporangia in Rhabdochorton rothii. |