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Webster 1913 Edition

Sporangiophore

Spo-ran′gi-o-phore

(spō̍-răn′jĭ-ō̍-fōr)

,

Noun.

[

Sporangium

+ Gr.

φέρειν

to bear.]

(Bot.)

The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as

Trichomanes

), which bears the sporangia.