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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: organ containing or producing spores [syn: sporangium, spore case, spore sac]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural sporangia) Etymology: New Latin, from spor- + Greek angeion vessel — more at angi- Date: 1821 a structure within which spores are produced • sporangial adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. sporangia) Bot. a receptacle in which spores are found. Derivatives: sporangial adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk spora SPORE + aggeion vessel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sporangium Spo*ran"gi*um, n.; pl. Sporangia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a sowing, seed + ? a receptacle.] (Bot.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.