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    SPORE SAC

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Organ containing or producing sporesplay

    Synonyms:

    sporangium; spore case; spore sac

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("spore sac" 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 sac"):

    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)

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