Sporophyte

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

    "(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base."

  2. 2
    the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations wordnet

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amphibianannualbiennialcuttingdicotyledonevergreen

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"(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base."

Etymology

From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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