Dictionary entry

Oöphoridium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖O′ö‐pho‐rid″i‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Oöphorida (#), E. Oöphoridiums (#). [NL., dim. fr. Gr. �. See Oöphore.] (Bot.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants.