spo·ro·phyte
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Definition of sporophyte
: 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
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sporophytic
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ˌspȯr-ə-ˈfi-tik
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adjective
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adjective
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sporophyte
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spo·ro·phyte
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Medical Definition of sporophyte
: 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
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sporophytic
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The first known use of sporophyte was in 1886
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