Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia;
[syn: sporocarp, spore case]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*k[aum]rp), n. [Spore + Gr.
? fruit.] (Bot.)
(a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more
masses of spores or sporangia.
(b) A sporangium.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sporocarp
n 1: specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that
encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia [syn:
sporocarp, spore case]