megasporophyll

meg·a·spo·ro·phyll

M0200300 (mĕg′ə-spôr′ə-fĭl′)n. A leaflike structure that bears megasporangia.

megasporophyll

(ˌmɛɡəˈspɔːrəfɪl) n (Botany) a leaf on which the megaspores are formed: corresponds to the carpel of a flowering plant. Compare microsporophyll[C20: from mega- + sporophyll]

meg•a•spo•ro•phyll

(ˌmɛg əˈspɔr ə fɪl, -ˈspoʊr-)

n. a sporophyll producing megasporangia only. [1895–1900]

Thesaurus

Noun

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

Megasporophyll

megasporophyll

[‚meg·ə′spȯr·ə‚fil] (botany) A leaf bearing megasporangia.

Megasporophyll

a leaf on which or in the axil of which only megasporangia (or a megasporangium) form. Megasporophylls are characteristic of heterosporous Lycopodiales (Lepidodendron, Selaginella) and sago palms. In angiosperms the carpel is homologous to the megasporophyll.

megasporophyll

macrosporophyll

the modified leaf that carries the MEGASPORANGIUM.
the CARPEL of flowering plants.

megasporophyll

Related to megasporophyll: microsporophyll, megasporangium

noun

Words related to megasporophyll

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

Related Words

sporophyl
sporophyll

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