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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sporangiophore  \Spo*ran"gi*o*phore\,  n.  [Sporangium  +  Gr  ?  to 
  bear.]  (Bot.) 
  The  axis  or  receptacle  in  certain  ferns  (as  {Trichomanes}), 
  which  bears  the  sporangia. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trichomanes  \Tri*chom"a*nes\,  n.  [L.,  a  kind  of  plant,  from  Gr 
  ?.]  (Bot.) 
  Any  fern  of  the  genus  {Trichomanes}.  The  fronds  are  very 
  delicate  and  often  translucent,  and  the  sporangia  are  borne 
  on  threadlike  receptacles  rising  from  the  middle  of 
  cup-shaped  marginal  involucres.  Several  species  are  common  in 
  conservatories;  two  are  native  in  the  United  States. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Trichomanes 
  n  :  bristle  ferns;  kidney  ferns  [syn:  {Trichomanes},  {genus 
  Trichomanes}] 




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