zoosporangium

noun

zoo·spo·ran·gi·um ˌzō-ə-spə-ˈran-jē-əm

: a spore case or sporangium bearing zoospores

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Etymology

probably borrowed from German Zoosporangium (in plural Zoosporangien), from zoo- zoo- + Sporangium sporangium

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1874, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of zoosporangium was in 1874

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zoosporangium

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zoo·spo·ran·gi·um ˌzō-ə-spə-ˈran-jē-əm

plural zoosporangia -jē-ə

: a sporangium bearing zoospores

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