(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:21:01

Spo*ran"gi*o*phore (?), n. [Sporangium + Gr. to bear.] Bot.

The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.

 

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