microsporophyll

mi·cro·spo·ro·phyll

M0277600 (mī′krə-spôr′ə-fĭl′)n. A leaflike structure that bears microsporangia.

microsporophyll

(ˌmaɪkrəʊˈspɔːrəfɪl) n (Botany) a leaf on which the microspores are formed: corresponds to the stamen of a flowering plant. Compare megasporophyll[C19: from micro- + sporophyll]

mi•cro•spo•ro•phyll

(ˌmaɪ krəˈspɔr ə fɪl, -ˈspoʊr-)

n. a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia. [1890–95]

Thesaurus

Noun

microsporophyll - in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangiasporophyl, sporophyll - leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia

Microsporophyll

microsporophyll

[¦mī·krō′spȯr·ə‚fil] (botany) A sporophyll bearing microsporangia.

Microsporophyll

a leaf in Pteridophyta and seed plants on which (or in the axil of which) only microsporangia (or one microsporangium) arise. Microsporangia are the receptacles of microspores. Microsporophylls are formed in heterosporous Lycopodiales (for example, Selaginella) and in gymnosperms. In angiosperms the stamen is homologous to the microsporophyll.

microsporophyll

the structure bearing the microsporangia - a leaf or modified leaf, and in flowering plants, the STAMEN.

microsporophyll

Related to microsporophyll: microsporangium, microsporangia

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Words related to microsporophyll

noun in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia

Related Words

sporophyl
sporophyll

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