sporophyll

English Thesaurus

1. leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	foliage, leaf, leafage,
definition	:	the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	megasporophyll,
definition	:	in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	microsporophyll,
definition	:	in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia (noun.plant)