Dictionary entry

Oösporangium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖O′ö‐spo‐ran″gi‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Oösporangia (#), E. Oösporangiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ῳὄν an egg + � vessel.] (Bot.) An oögonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oöspores.