Main Entry: spo·ro·phyte

Pronunciation: \-ˌfīt\

Function: noun

: an individual or generation of a plant exhibiting alternation of generations that bears asexual spores, is usually not clearly differentiated in algae and fungi, and in vascular plants is the conspicuous form ordinarily seen—compare gametophyte

—spo·ro·phyt·ic \ˌspōr-ə-ˈfit-ik, ˌspȯr-\ adjective