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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 of sex 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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