sporophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

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sporophyte sporophytes

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

megasporophyte sporangium spore sporogenesis sporophytic gametophyte

tetrasporophyte

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