synangium

noun

syn·​an·​gi·​um

-jēəm

plural synangia

-j(ē)ə

1

: the peripheral part of an arterial trunk from which the branches arise in a lower vertebrate compare pylangium

2

: a sorus (as in ferns of the family Marattiaceae) made up of sporangia variously united or cohered into a compound structure

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from syn- + -angium

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