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Sporophyte

Sporophyte Meaning & Definition
Sporophyte Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sporophyte?

[n] the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

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See Also | flora | plant | plant life

Sporophyte In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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