spo·ro·go·ni·um
| \ ˌspōrəˈgōnēəm, -pȯr- \
plural sporogonia\
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Definition of sporogonium
: the sporophyte of a moss or liverwort consisting typically of a stalk bearing a capsule in which spores are produced, developing from a fertilized egg in the venter of the archegonium, and remaining permanently attached to the gametophyte by the base of the stalk which acts as an absorbing organ
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