SPORE CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spore case mean? 

• SPORE CASE (noun)
  The noun SPORE CASE has 2 senses:

1. organ containing or producing spores

2. specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia

  Familiarity information: SPORE CASE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPORE CASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organ containing or producing spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sporangium; spore case; spore sac

Hypernyms ("spore case" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

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

macrosporangium; megasporangium (a plant structure that produces megaspores)

microsporangium (a plant structure that produces microspores)

eusporangium (a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells)

leptosporangium (a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns)

tetrasporangium (a sporangium containing four asexual spores)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

spore case; sporocarp

Hypernyms ("spore case" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)