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sporophyll vs megasporophyll

megasporophyll vs sporophyll

sporophyll and megasporophyll both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sporophyll Yes No No No
megasporophyll Yes No No No
As nouns, megasporophyll is a hyponym of sporophyll; that is, megasporophyll is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sporophyll:
  • sporophyll: leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia
  • megasporophyll: in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia
Other hyponyms of sporophyll include microsporophyll.
sporophyll (noun) megasporophyll (noun)
leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia
Difference between sporophyll and megasporophyll

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