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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sporophore
sporophore
n : a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of
a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses
and liverworts is practically equivalent to the
sporophyte
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sporophore
Sporophore
\Spo"ro*phore\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*f[=o]r), n. [Spore + Gr.
fe`rein to bear.] (Bot.)
(a) A placenta.
(b) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous
plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is
nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In
ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf.
O["o]phore.
[1913 Webster]
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