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SPOROPHYLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sporophyll mean? 

SPOROPHYLL (noun)
  The noun SPOROPHYLL has 1 sense:

1. leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangiaplay

  Familiarity information: SPOROPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPOROPHYLL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sporophyl; sporophyll

Hypernyms ("sporophyll" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sporophyll"):

megasporophyll (in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia)

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


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