sporocarp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
    spore case.

WordNet

Spo"ro*carp noun
Etymology
Spore + Gr. fruit.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. (b) A sporangium.

Webster 1913