Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sporangium containing macrospores. It is homologous with the ovule of flowering plants. Also called
goniotheca .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sporangium orconceptacle containing onlylarge spores ; opposed tomicrosporangium . Both are found in thegenera Selaginella, Isoetes, and Marsilea, all of which areferns or remotely allied to ferns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plant structure that produces megaspores
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Consult one of the best of them, Webster's New World Dictionary, and what you find is a miniature encyclopedia filled with the explanations of initials, proper names, and entries like "macrosporangium" and "abhenry," which are not and never will be words of the English language.
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We have already examined in some detail the structure of the macrosporangium or ovule.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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_G_, section of a full-grown macrosporangium (ovule), × 25: i, ii, the two integuments. _sp. _ macrospore (embryo sac).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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_C_, longitudinal section of a spike, with a single macrosporangium at the base; the others, microsporangia, × 3.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Secondly, the nucleus of the ovule corresponds with the macrosporangium of Selaginella, through the connecting link of the conifers, where the ovule is of similar origin and position to the macrosporangium of the
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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The development of the ovule, which represents the macrosporangium, is very similar to the process in Gymnosperms; when mature it consists of one or two coats surrounding the central nucellus, except at the apex where an opening, the micropyle, is left.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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