Sporophyte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sporophyte is a noun meaning (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Meaning
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Example Sentences
(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
Word Forms
- sporophytes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sporophore, gametophyte, megasporophyte, diplophyte, sporocyte, sporophyll.
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