Oosporangia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oosporangium \O`o*spo*ran"gi*um\, n.; pl. L. {Oosporangia}, E.
     {Oosporangiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an egg + ? vessel.]
     (Bot.)
     An oogonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores
     of some other kind than oospores.
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