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(botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails)..
The cones of Equisetum are sporangiophores.
Use sporangiophore when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sporangiophore means (botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The cones of Equisetum are sporangiophores.
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