Megasporophylls meaning

The pistil consists of one or more modified leaves, the carpels (or megasporophylls).

It consists of one or more carpels (megasporophylls), either separate (fig.

As with few exceptions the stamen represents a leaf which has been specially developed to bear the pollen or microspores, it is spoken of in comparative morphology as a microsporophyll; similarly the carpels which make up the pistil are the megasporophylls (see Angiosperms).