About The Word Oophore
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Oophore
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What's The Definition Of Oophore?Synonyms | Synonyms for Oophore: Related Terms | Find terms related to Oophore: See Also | Oophore In Webster's Dictionary \O"["o]*phore\, n. [Gr. ? egg-bearing; w,'o`n an egg + ?
to bear.] (Bot.)
An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants,
as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and
archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted
with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores
in countless number. In ferns the o["o]phore is a minute
prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
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