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Answer for the clue "Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia ", 10 letters:
sporophyll

Word definitions for sporophyll in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia [syn: sporophyl ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sporophyll is a leaf that bears sporangia . Both microphylls and megaphylls can be sporophylls. In heterosporous plants, sporophylls (whether they are microphylls or megaphylls) bear either megasporangia and thus are called megasporophylls , or microsporangia ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia