Macrosporangium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See megasporangium.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoetes, and Marsilea, all of which are ferns or remotely allied to ferns.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sporangium containing macrospores. It is homologous with the ovule of flowering plants. Also called goniotheca.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a plant structure that produces megaspores
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