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noun
in ferns, the bearer of sex organs
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reproductive structure
Narrower terms: antheridiophore
History
From gameto- + -phore.
