English Explanatory Dictionary

sporophyll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

Word forms

sporophyll sporophylls

Etymology

From sporo- + -phyll.

Derived words

macrosporophyll megasporophyll microsporophyll
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