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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure, as in liverworts and mosses, on which gametangia are borne.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts.
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- noun botany in
ferns , the bearer ofsex organs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts
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