Usually means: Entire organism becomes reproductive structure.
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▸ adjective:  (botany, of an alga) in which the entire thallus develops into a sporangium

Similar:
sporophoric, sporangiate, monothalloid, thallose, gametophytic, sporophytic, plerotic, sporangiferous, monosporangiate, homothallic, more...

Opposite:
merocarpic, partial fruiting

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Similar:
sporophoric, sporangiate, monothalloid, thallose, gametophytic, sporophytic, plerotic, sporangiferous, monosporangiate, homothallic, more...

Opposite:
merocarpic, partial fruiting



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