Sporophyte

What do we mean by sporophyte?

The diploid spore-producing phase in the life cycle of a plant that exhibits alternation of generations. It is the dominant stage in vascular plants. noun

In botany, the segment or stage of the life-cycle of the higher cryptogams (Pteridophyta, Bryophyta) in which the non-sexual organs of reproduction are borne noun

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. noun

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

The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to sporophyte:
sporophyte, saprophyte, sporophyll, sporophore, sporophyl, sporocyte, sporophytic, spermophyte, sporophytes, pyrophyte.

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Nouns that are often described by the adjective sporophyte:
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