leptosporangiate
leptosporangiate adjective: having sporangia that were each formed from a single epidermal cell; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.
Adjective
leptosporangiate (not comparable)
- Having sporangia that were each formed from a single epidermal cell; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.
- […]which being leptosporangiate cannot be closely related to Isoetes, the sporangia appear late in the history of the leaf.1900, Robert Wilson Smith, Structure and Development of Sporangia and Sporophylls of Isoetes, page 330
- In fact, it seems that in the Primary rocks the distinctive Leptosporangiate annulus was at least rare, if it existed at all.1908, Frederick Orpen Bower, The Origin of a Land Flora, page 639
Noun
leptosporangiate (plural leptosporangiates)
- Such a fern
Forms of leptosporangiate
| plural | leptosporangiates |
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Origin of leptosporangiate
From lepto- + sporangiate.
Words formed from leptosporangiate
- leptosporangiate fern
Questions about leptosporangiate
- What does leptosporangiate mean?
- Leptosporangiate means having sporangia that were each formed from a single epidermal cell; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.
- What part of speech is leptosporangiate?
- Leptosporangiate can be an adjective or a noun.
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