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Meaning of "sporophyll" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPOROPHYLL

sporophyll  [ˈspɔːrəʊfɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPOROPHYLL

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conjunction
determiner
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Sporophyll is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPOROPHYLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sporophyll

Sporophyll

A sporophyll is a leaf that bears sporangia. Both microphylls and megaphylls can be sporophylls. In heterosporous plants, sporophylls bear either megasporangia, or microsporangia. The overlap of the prefixes and roots makes these terms a particularly confusing subset of botanical nomenclature. Sporophylls vary greatly in appearance and structure, and may or may not look similar to sterile leaves. Plants that produce sporophylls include: Alaria esculenta a brown alga shows sporophylls attached near the base of the alga. Lycophytes, where sporophylls may be aggregated into strobili or distributed singly among sterile leaves. Sporangia are distinctively borne in the axil or on the adaxial surface of the sporophyll. In heterosporous members, megasporophylls and microsporophylls may be intermixed or separated in a variety of patterns. Ferns, which may produce sporophylls that are similar to sterile fronds or that appear very different from sterile fronds. These may be non-photosynthetic and lack typical pinnae Cycads produce strobili, both pollen-producing and seed-producing, that are composed of sporophylls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPOROPHYLL


Anglophile
ˈæŋɡləʊfɪl
chlorophyll
ˈklɔːrəfɪl
eosinophil
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl
fiberfill
ˈfaɪbəˌfɪl
fil
fɪl
fill
fɪl
Francophil
ˈfræŋkəʊfɪl
fulfil
fʊlˈfɪl
landfill
ˈlændˌfɪl
microphyll
ˈmaɪkrəʊfɪl
Negrophil
ˈniːɡrəʊfɪl
neutrophil
ˈnjuːtrəˌfɪl
overfill
ˌəʊvəˈfɪl
prophyll
ˈprəʊfɪl
refill
riːˈfɪl
Slavophil
ˈslɑːvəʊfɪl
Slavophile
ˈslɑːvəʊfɪl
sporophyl
ˈspɔːrəʊfɪl
xanthophyl
ˈzænθəʊfɪl
xanthophyll
ˈzænθəʊfɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPOROPHYLL

sporogenous
sporogeny
sporogonia
sporogonial
sporogonic
sporogonium
sporogony
sporophore
sporophoric
sporophorous
sporophyl
sporophyte
sporophytic
sporopollenin
sporotrichoses
sporotrichosis
sporozoal
sporozoan
sporozoic
sporozoite

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPOROPHYLL

argyll
cataphyll
cladophyll
ghyll
hypsophyll
idyll
Jekyll
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
megaphyll
megasporophyll
mesophyll
microsporophyll
sclerophyll

Synonyms and antonyms of sporophyll in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sporophyll» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPOROPHYLL

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孢子叶
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Translator English - Spanish

esporofilas
570 millions of speakers

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sporophyll
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Translator English - Hindi

sporophyll
380 millions of speakers
ar

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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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Translator English - Bengali

sporophyll
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Translator English - French

sporophylle
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Sporofil
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Translator English - German

Sporophylls
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Translator English - Japanese

胞子葉
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sporophyll
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Sporophyll
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vi

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sporophyll
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Translator English - Tamil

sporophyll
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पोरोफाल
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Translator English - Turkish

sporophyll
70 millions of speakers

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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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el

Translator English - Greek

sporophyll
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sporophyll
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sporophyll
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sporophyll
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Trends of use of sporophyll

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOROPHYLL»

The term «sporophyll» is used very little and occupies the 175.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOROPHYLL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sporophyll

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOROPHYLL»

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Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants
A. Leclercqia complexa sporophyll showing positions of ligule (1) and sporangial pad (sp). B. L. complexa single sporophyll with attached sporangium (a). C. Reconstruction of/,, complexa with sterile and fertile leaves. Middle Devonian.
Wilson Nichols Stewart, 1993
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A. K. Ghosh Commemoration Volume. Proceedings of the ...
IIoisal side of the sporophyll of Seutum type of fertile organ with thicker and thinner veins and showing impressions of fertile units ofthe ventral side; the outline of the Gondwanolepis which covered the fertile organ from the ventral side is ...
Sharma A. K., Mitra G. C., Banerjee M. (editors)
3
Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences
Still less in these plants is the development of the sporophyll confined to a definite and specially demarcated portion of a shoot. Where a clear difference between the sterile and fertile leaves is encountered, as for example in the Hard Fern ...
Focko Weberling, 1992
4
Flora of North America: Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
Scalelike leaves on rhizome incurved; leaf apex bristle-tipped; sporophyll bristle- tipped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Selaginella weatherbiana 12. Scalelike leaves on rhizome straight; leaf apex acute or obtuse; sporophyll apex acute to obtuse .
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 1993
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Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Washington, Oregon, ...
... 2.5-12 cm. long, 1-5 cm. broad, rounded or obtuse, sometimes acutish, translucent when dry, the middle areoles long and narrow, the outer ones successively shorter, hexagonal, with or without includ_ed yeinlets ; sporophyll 12-30 cm. long, ...
Le Roy Abrams, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, 1923
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Fossil Plants
distinctly favour the view that a sporophyll is best interpreted as a stalked leaf with two sterile laminae and an almost sessile, or in some cases a more obviously stalked, synangium ; the whole sporophyll is characterised by the possession of a ...
7
Cryptogams: Algae, Bryophyta and Pterldophyta
(A) Position of the sporangium The sporangium in Lycopodium species originates on the adaxial side of the sporophyll very near its axil. This position may be held or the sporangia may shift during ontogeny and become situated at maturity on ...
D.K. Awasthi
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Fossil Plants: A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology
distinctly favour the view that a sporophyll is best interpreted as a stalked leaf with two sterile laminae and an almost sessile, or in some cases a more obviously stalked, synangium; the whole sporophyll is characterised by the possession of a ...
A. C. Seward, 2011
9
Gymnosperms
(ii) Cones stalked, sporophyll ends glaberate, pinnae attached near the edges of the rachis, frond base with long hairs and glands proximal end of sporophyll with spine. Macrozamia (iii) Cones sessile, sporophyll end truncate Encephalartos ...
Dr. C. M. Govil
10
A Field Guide to Ferns: And Their Related Families : ...
X. Doisyleaf Grope Fern Marginalia: Daisyleaf Grape Fern: a. Leaf. b. Sporophyll. Dwarf Grape Fern: c. Leaf and sporophyll. Triangle Grape Fern: d. Leaf and sporophyll. e. Leaf enlarged. Diagnostic Arrows: 1. Leaf close to clustered sporophyll ...
Boughton Cobb, 1999

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOROPHYLL»

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Conifer seed fossils caught learning helicopter flight
The researchers found that the single-winged seeds, and the seeds with one large and one small wing, seemed to develop only on the outermost sporophylls ... «New Scientist, Mar 15»
2
Slimy Harvest
It's quite distinctive because it's got this sporophyll area down the bottom there and come August through to November, there's just tonnes of it along the coast ... «ABC Local, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sporophyll [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sporophyll>. Apr 2024 ».
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