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tetrasporangium

(te′trə spō ranjē əm)

noun pl. tetrasporangia

Bot. a sporangium containing four haploid spores

See tetrasporangium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. tet·ra·spo·ran·gi·a (-jē-ə)
A unicellular sporangium found in certain red algae in which four tetraspores are produced from meiosis.
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