English

Noun

sporophyte ‎(plural sporophytes)

1. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4

     (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

Translations

Related terms

• sporangium
• spore
• sporogenesis
• sporophytic

See also

• gametophyte