Sporophyll
noun, Botany.
1.
a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
noun
1.
a leaf in ferns and other spore-bearing plants that bears the sporangia See also megasporophyll, microsporophyll
sporophyll
(spôr’ə-fĭl’)
A leaf or leaflike organ that bears sporangia.
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