Definitions for sporocarp

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sporocarp spo·ro·carp

Spelling: [spawr-uh-kahrp, spohr-]

IPA: /ˈspɔr əˌkɑrp, ˈspoʊr-/

Sporocarp is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in sporocarp (acoopprrs).

Definitions for sporocarp

noun

1. (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.

Origin of sporocarp

First recorded in 1840-50; sporo- + -carp

Examples for sporocarp

A fruiting portion, magnified, showing the structure; a sporocarp, and an antheridium.

Portion magnified, showing the two kinds of sporocarp; the small ones contain microspores.

One of these threads reaches and fertilizes a cell at the apex of the nucleus or solid body of the sporocarp.