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Noun: sporocarp  'spo-ru,kaa(r)p
  1. Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
    - spore case

Derived forms: sporocarps

Type of: reproductive structure

Encyclopedia: Sporocarp

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Sporanox
spore
spore case
spore mother cell
spore sac
spore-bearing
Spork
Sporobolus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus poiretii
sporocarp
sporogenesis
sporogenous
sporogony
sporophore
sporophyl
sporophyll
sporophyte
sporotrichosis
Sporozoa
sporozoan