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sporophyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sporophyte \Spo"ro*phyte\, n. [Spore + Gr ? plant.] (Bot.) 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. -- {Spo`ro*phyt"ic}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sporophyte n : the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
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