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sporophore

spo.ro.phore \'spo-r-*-.fo-(*)r, 'spo.r-*-.fo.(*)r\ \.spo-r-*-'fo.r-ik, 
   .spo.r-, -'fa:r-\ n [ISV] : the part (as a spore fruit of a fungus or the 
   placenta of a seed plant)  of a sporophyte that develops spores - 
   spo.ro.phor.ic aj