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sporophyll vs microsporophyll

microsporophyll vs sporophyll

sporophyll and microsporophyll both are nouns.

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

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