sporophyte


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sporophyte /ˈspɒrəfʌɪt, ˈspɔː-/
noun Botany (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations, e.g. ferns) the asexual phase (typically diploid), which produces spores from which the gametophyte arises.
– derivatives
sporophytic adjective.
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