a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte
gleba 1
noundomain: plant
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
English
Definition
fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte