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[syn: megasporangium, macrosporangium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Macrosporangium \Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um\, n. [NL. See Macro-,
and Sporangium.] (Bot.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
macrosporangium
n 1: a plant structure that produces megaspores [syn:
megasporangium, macrosporangium]