sporophyte

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sporophyte (plural sporophytes)

  1. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
      (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
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French

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Noun

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sporophyte f (plural sporophytes)

  1. sporophyte

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