[ noun ] stalk bearing one or more sporangia <noun.plant>
Sporangiophore \Spo*ran"gi*o*phore\ (sp[-o]*r[a^]n"j[i^]*[-o]*f[=o]r), n. [Sporangium + Gr. fe`rein to bear.] (Bot.) The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as {Trichomanes}), which bears the sporangia.