zoosporangiumnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoosporangium mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoosporangium. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zoosporangium?
| 1870 | 0.034 |
| 1880 | 0.037 |
| 1890 | 0.039 |
| 1900 | 0.045 |
| 1910 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 0.055 |
| 1930 | 0.056 |
| 1940 | 0.055 |
| 1950 | 0.053 |
| 1960 | 0.048 |
| 1970 | 0.038 |
| 1980 | 0.033 |
| 1990 | 0.025 |
| 2000 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 0.017 |
How is the noun zoosporangium pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zoosporangium come from?
Earliest known use
1860s
The earliest known use of the noun zoosporangium is in the 1860s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoosporangium is from 1862, in Natural History Review.
zoosporangium is a borrowing from German.
Etymons: German Zoosporangium.
Nearby entries
- zoopraxography, n.1891–
- zoopsychology, n.1847–
- zooscopic, adj.1817–
- zooscopy, n.1891–
- zoosematic, adj.1898–1909
- zoosemiotics, n.1963–
- zoosophy, n.1662–1848
- zoosperm, n.1824–
- zoospermatic, adj.1845–79
- zoosporangiophore, n.1889–
- zoosporangium, n.1862–
- zoospore, n.1842–
- zoosporic, adj.1854–
- zoosporous, adj.1845–
- zoot, n.1942–
- zootaxy, n.1833–
- zootechnic, adj.1861–
- zootechnics, n.1863–
- zootechny, n.1841–
- zootheca, n.1852–
- zoothecium, n.1880–
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1862–A sporangium containing or producing zoospores.
- 1862
Dr. Hildebrand..proposes ‘lageniferum’ as the specific name on account of the shape of the zoosporangia.
Natural History Review vol. 2 482 - 1875
Thick filaments or tubes, similar to those which form the Zoosporangia.
M. C. Cooke, Fungi 170 - 1889
Each zoosporange produces a considerable number of zoospores, which again give rise to resting-cells.
A. W. Bennett & G. R. M. Murray, Handbook of Cryptogamic Botany 347 - 1939
This functions directly as a zoosporangium..releasing swarm-spores that infect a host plant.
E. A. Bessey, Text-book of Mycology (new edition) ii. 40 - 1993
Sunflower plants bearing freshly produced zoosporangia were allowed to air-dry for 2–3 h.
Mycol. Research vol. 97 240/2 - 2013
Field surveys in Louisiana and Colorado revealed that zoosporangia occur within crayfish gastrointestinal tracts.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. vol. 110 210/1
the world plants part of plant reproductive part(s) spore or sporule [nouns] type of zoospore or zoosporangium- zoosperm1842–91A zoospore. Cf. sporozoid, n. Obsolete.
- zoospore1842–A motile flagellate spore, as produced by certain algae, fungi, and protozoans. Cf. zoosperm, n. 2.
- zoosporangium1862–A sporangium containing or producing zoospores.
- zoosporangiophore1889–A sporangiophore bearing zoosporangia.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Inflections
Variant forms
α.
- 1800s–zoosporangium, zoösporangium
β.
- 1800s–1900szoosporange (rare), zoösporange (rare)
Frequency
zoosporangium typically occurs about 0.03 times per million words in modern written English.
zoosporangium is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoosporangium, n., 1870–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1870 | 0.034 |
| 1880 | 0.037 |
| 1890 | 0.039 |
| 1900 | 0.045 |
| 1910 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 0.055 |
| 1930 | 0.056 |
| 1940 | 0.055 |
| 1950 | 0.053 |
| 1960 | 0.048 |
| 1970 | 0.038 |
| 1980 | 0.033 |
| 1990 | 0.025 |
| 2000 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 0.017 |
Compounds & derived words
- zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–A sporangiophore bearing zoosporangia.