sporophyte
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sporophyte (plural sporophytes)
- (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4
- (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4
Translations [edit]
plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
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