sporogonium
noun
spo·ro·go·ni·um
\ˌspōrəˈgōnēəm, -pȯr-\
Definition of sporogonium
sporogonia
\-ēə\: 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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Origin and Etymology of sporogonium
New Latin, from spor- + -gonium (as in archegonium)
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