tử nang thể
Definition
- Noun (Botany):
- Sporogonium: The spore-producing generation or phase in the life cycle of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). It is the diploid, capsule-bearing structure that grows from and remains attached to the gametophyte.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trong vòng đời của rêu, tử nang thể phát triển từ túi bào tử. (In the moss life cycle, the sporogonium develops from the zygote.)
- Tử nang thể bao gồm một cuống dài và một nang chứa bào tử. (The sporogonium consists of a long seta and a capsule containing spores.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is highly specialized and used almost exclusively in botanical and biological contexts to describe plant morphology and life cycles.
Variants and Related Words
- Bào tử nang (n): Sporangium; the spore capsule within the sporogonium.
- Thể giao tử (n): Gametophyte; the haploid, gamete-producing generation that supports the sporogonium.
Synonyms
- Sporophyte: This is a more general, synonymous term for the spore-producing phase in all plants, including bryophytes. "Tử nang thể" specifically refers to the structure in bryophytes.
- Sporogonium: The direct equivalent term in botanical English.
Notes
- "Tử nang thể" is a compound scientific term. "Tử" relates to spores, "nang" means capsule or sac, and "thể" means body or structure.
- It is not used in everyday language and has no common idiomatic expressions or phrasal verbs.