Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sporangiophore \Spo*ran"gi*o*phore\, n. [Sporangium + Gr. ? to
   bear.] (Bot.)
   The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as {Trichomanes}),
   which bears the sporangia.

Trichomanes \Tri*chom"a*nes\, n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr.
   ?.] (Bot.)
   Any fern of the genus {Trichomanes}. The fronds are very
   delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne
   on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of
   cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in
   conservatories; two are native in the United States.

Source : WordNet®

Trichomanes
     n : bristle ferns; kidney ferns [syn: {genus Trichomanes}]