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SPOROPHYLL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sporophyll mean?
• SPOROPHYLL (noun)
The noun SPOROPHYLL has 1 sense:
1. leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia
Familiarity information: SPOROPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
sporophyl; sporophyll
Hypernyms ("sporophyll" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sporophyll"):
megasporophyll (in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia)
microsporophyll (in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia)
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