gonidiophore

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noun

A sporophore that bears a gonidium.

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Meanings

noungonidiophore (plural gonidiophores)

plural gonidiophores

  1. A sporophore that bears a gonidium.

    […] the gonidiophore projects into the cavity of the gonidangium as a columella […]

    1894, Sydney Howard Vines, A Students' Text-book of Botany, volume 1, page 287
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