-sporium

noun combining form

-spo·​ri·​um

ˈspōrēəm,

-pȯr-

1

plural -sporia

-ēə

also -sporiums : (such) a coat or layer of a spore wall

endosporium

2

: plant having (such) a spore

—in generic names

Helminthosporium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from spora spore + -ium

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