| NOUN | plant | sporophyll, sporophyl | leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia |
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| Meaning | leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia. | |
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| Synonym | sporophyl | |
| Narrower | megasporophyll | In non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia |
| microsporophyll | In non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia | |
| Broader | leaf, leafage, foliage | The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants |
| Spanish | esporofilo, sporophyll, sporophyl | |
| Catalan | esporofil·le, sporophyll, sporophyl | |
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