Associations to the word «Sporophyte»

Wiktionary

SPOROPHYTE, noun. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

Dictionary definition

SPOROPHYTE, noun. The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley