macrosporophyll Bot.
(ˌmækrəʊˈspɒrəfɪl)
[f. macro- + sporophyll (s.v. sporo-).]
= megasporophyll (s.v. mega-).
| 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 130/2 Carpel = leaf bearing macrosporangia (macrosporophyll). 1955 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. (ed. 2) II. viii. 201 According to the nature of their sporangia, the sporophylls are called macrosporophylls and microsporophylls. |