spore-casen.
Botany.
A receptacle containing spores; a sporangium.
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1836 Penny Cycl. V. 75/1 These tubes are undivided, separable.., and bear asci (spore-cases) on their inside.
1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 3 Ferns..produce certain peculiar bodies called spore-cases, containing spores or germinating atoms.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 489 The fruit was a long cone or spike, bearing spore-cases under scales.
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