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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPORANGIOPHORE

Spo *ran "gi *o *phore, n. Etym: [Sporangium + Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes ), which bears the sporangia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sporangiophore

spo ran gi o phore |spəˈranjēəˌfôr spəˈrænʤiəfɔr | ▶noun Botany (in a fungus ) a specialized hypha bearing sporangia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sporangiophore

sporangiophore |spəˈran (d )ʒɪə (ʊ )ˌfɔː | ▶noun Botany (in a fungus ) a specialized hypha bearing sporangia.