Main Entry: spo·ro·phyte

Pronunciation: \-ˌfīt\

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1886

: the diploid multicellular individual or generation of a plant with alternation of generations that begins from a diploid zygote and produces haploid spores by meiotic division — compare gametophyte

— spo·ro·phyt·ic \ˌspȯr-ə-ˈfi-tik\ adjective