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sporophyll

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spo·ro·phyll  (spôr-fl, spr-)
n.
A leaf or leaflike organ that bears spores.
sporophyll, sporophyl [ˈspɔːrəʊfɪl ˈspɒ-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a leaf in ferns and other spore-bearing plants that bears the sporangia See also megasporophyll, microsporophyll
sporophyll  (spôr-fl)
A leaf or leaflike organ that bears sporangia.
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Noun1.sporophyll - leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia
sporophyl
megasporophyll - in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia
microsporophyll - in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia
foliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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Writing for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of biology and botany, he covers the organography of stems, the root, and the leaf then traces development from sporangium to seed and from sporophyll to flower.
The molecular organography of plants by SciTech Book News
MATERIALS AND METHODS Mature sporophylls of Arthromeris himalayensis were collected from healthy plants from Maenum Wildlife Sanctuary (3023 m altitude), South Sikkim in the November of 2005 and 2006.
In vitro study on gametophyte development of an epiphytic fern, ... by Ganguly, Gautam; Sarkar, Kaushik; Mukhopadhyay, Radhanath / American Fern Journal
The sporophyll of the Sphenopsida is believed to have arisen by a downward bending of the sporangium toward a common axis (recurvation, leading to anatropy, Fig.
The telome theory by Wilson, Carl L. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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