HyperDic: sporophore

English > 1 sense of the word sporophore:
NOUNplantsporophorea spore-bearing branch or organ
English > sporophore: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA 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.
Partsglebafleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
Broaderreproductive structureThe parts of a plant involved in its reproduction

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