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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sporophyte

/(spō"rō̇*fīt)/ · Spo·ro·phyte · IPA /spˈɔrfˌaɪt/
01 n. In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly di…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)