Sporocarp

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*k[aum]rp), n. [Spore + Gr.
     ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more
         masses of spores or sporangia.
     (b) A sporangium.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sporocarp
       n : specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that
           encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia [syn: {spore
           case}]