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- noun Plural form of
microsporangium .
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Each stamen generally bears four pollen-sacs (_microsporangia_) which are associated to form the anther, and carried up on a stalk or filament.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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The development of the microsporangia and the contained spores (pollen-grains) is closely comparable with that of the microsporangia in Gymnosperms or heterosporous ferns.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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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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