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spo·ro·phyte | \ ˈspȯr-ə-ˌfīt 
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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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sporophyte
nounspo·ro·phyte | \ -ˌfīt \
\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 \ ˌspōr-ə-ˈfit-ik, ˌspȯr- \ adjective
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The first known use of sporophyte was in 1886
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