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microsporophyll

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mi·cro·spo·ro·phyll (m

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n.

A leaflike structure that bears microsporangia.

microsporophyll (m

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A leaflike structure that bears microsporangia, such as those of in the strobili of lycophytes or in the male cones of conifers. The stamens of flowering plants are highly modified microsporophylls.

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microsporophyll - in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia

sporophyl, sporophyll - leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia

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