(in a plant or fungus) a structure or stalk that bears one or more sporangia
sporangiophore in American English
(spəˈrændʒiəˌfɔr, -ˌfour)
noun
Biology
a structure bearing sporangia
Word origin
[1870–75; sporangi(um) + -o- + -phore]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, asymmetric, giveaway, upgrade, washout-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -phore is a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified bythe initial element. Other words that use the affix -phore include: chromatophore, lophophore, melanophore, semaphore, zygophore
Examples of 'sporangiophore' in a sentence
sporangiophore
It inhibited zoospore release, cystospore germination, lesion formation, lesion expansion, sporangiophore development and sporangial production.
Yigal Cohen 2015, 'The Novel Oomycide Oxathiapiprolin Inhibits All Stages in the Asexual Life Cycle ofPseudoperonospora cubensis - Causal Agent of Cucurbit Downy Mildew', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0140015. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Experimental results from frozen-thawed and boiled sporangiophore walls suggest that protein activity may be involved in the creep extension.
Joseph K. E. Ortega, Jason T. Truong, Cindy M. Munoz, David G. Ramirez 2015, 'Cell Wall Loosening in the Fungus, Phycomyces blakesleeanus', Plantshttp://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/4/1/63. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)