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(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes..
(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
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Sporophyte means (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes..
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(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
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