sporophyte

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Noun
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spo=ro=phyte

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sporophyte has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

sporophyten. [Spore + Gr. fyto`n plant.].
     In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sporophyte, n. a spore-producing form of plant with alternating sexual and asexual generations.

Derivative
sporophytic adj. sporophytically adv.

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