sporogonium

noun

spo·ro·go·ni·um | \ ˌspōrəˈgōnēəm, -pȯr-\

plural sporogonia\ -ēə \

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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