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Definition of Sporophyte
1. Noun. The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.
Definition of Sporophyte
1. n. In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.
Definition of Sporophyte
1. Noun. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes. ¹
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Definition of Sporophyte
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Medical Definition of Sporophyte
1. Spore producing plant generation. The dominant generation in pteridophytes and higher plants and alternates with the gametophyte generation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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