Definition of Sporophytes

1. Noun. (plural of sporophyte) ¹

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Definition of Sporophytes

1. sporophyte [n] - See also: sporophyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporophytes

sporogonia
sporogonic
sporogonies
sporogonium
sporoid
sporont
sporophores
sporophoric
sporophyl
sporophyll
sporophylls
sporophyls
sporophytes (current term)
sporophytic
sporoplasm
sporopollenin
sporopollenins
sporotheca
sporothrix granuloma
sporotrichoses
sporotrichosis
sporotrichositic chancre
sporozoa
sporozoal
sporozoans

Literary usage of Sporophytes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The sporophytes are solid-stemmed, usually producing large spore-bearing leaves, and well developed roots. There are fully 3500 species of ferns, ..."

2. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"At a sowing rate of 160 kg sporocarps fresh wt/ha, sporophyte yield at 52 d will range from 15.8 to 21 t sporophytes fresh wt/ha. In recent years there has ..."

3. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"The Application of Pollen sporophytes of Winter Wheat in Breeding — the Development of the New Variety 'Jinghua No.1' Hu ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In further contrast the sporophytes of Pteridophyta develop only a relatively ... The sporophytes of this order are plants from an inch to a foot in height, ..."

5. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The sporophytes of the liverworts and mosses have a similar position in the life history, ... Most of the mosses have long, stalked sporophytes (Figs. ..."

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