SPOROPHYL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia

Synonyms:

sporophyl; sporophyll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sporophyl" 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 "sporophyl"):

megasporophyll (in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia)

microsporophyll (in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia)