Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sporophore

1 sense of sporophore

Sense 1
sporophore -- (a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte)
       => reproductive structure -- (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)