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