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sporocarp definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia [syn: sporocarp, spore case]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1849 a structure (as in red algae, fungi, or mosses) in or on which spores are produced

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sporocarp Spo"ro*carp, n. [Spore + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. (b) A sporangium.