zygosporangium etymology

English word zygosporangium comes from English sporangium, English zygo- (Pair. Union.)

Detailed word origin of zygosporangium

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
sporangium English (eng) (botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism. [From 1821.].
zygo- English (eng) Pair. Union.
zygosporangium English (eng) (mycology) A sporangium which produces a single zygospore.

Words with the same origin as zygosporangium

Descendants of sporangium
meiosporangial
Descendants of zygo-
zygoapophyseal zygodactyl zygogenesis zygogenetic zygolith zygology zygomasseteric zygomaxillary zygomorphic zygomycosis zygophore zygophyte zygopleural zygopodium zygosphere zygospondylous zygospore zygosynapophyseal zygozoospore zyophyte