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    SPOROPHYLL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangiaplay

    Synonyms:

    sporophyl; sporophyll

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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