SPORE SAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spore sac mean? 

• SPORE SAC (noun)
  The noun SPORE SAC has 1 sense:

1. organ containing or producing spores

  Familiarity information: SPORE SAC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPORE SAC (noun)

Meaning:

Organ containing or producing spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sporangium; spore case; spore sac

Hypernyms ("spore sac" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spore sac"):

macrosporangium; megasporangium (a plant structure that produces megaspores)

microsporangium (a plant structure that produces microspores)

eusporangium (a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells)

leptosporangium (a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns)

tetrasporangium (a sporangium containing four asexual spores)