English Explanatory Dictionary

sporangiophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails).
  2. A special type of hypha that bears sporangia on the tip.

Word forms

sporangiophore sporangiophores

Etymology

From sporangium + -phore.

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