कुछ जलीय फर्न में विशेष पत्ता शाखा जो स्पोरैंगिया के सोरी या क्लस्टर को संलग्न करती है

sporocarp's Usage Examples:

Enclosed within the sporocarp they can endure a period of drought, but on the return of moist conditions are extruded from the sporocarp by the swelling of a special mucilaginous tissue and the spores become free.

The sori are developed in depressions and are thus protected within the resistent outer wall of the sporocarp. There are usually four sori in Pilularia, while in Marsilia they form two longitudinal rows.

The development of the sporocarp shows that it corresponds to a pinna, although when mature it may appear to occupy a ventral position in relation to the vegetative portion of the leaf.

sporocarp's Meaning':

specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia