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SPOROCARP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sporocarp mean?
• SPOROCARP (noun)
The noun SPOROCARP has 1 sense:
1. specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
Familiarity information: SPOROCARP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
spore case; sporocarp
Hypernyms ("sporocarp" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
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