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sporophyte
CIDE DICTIONARY
sporophyte, n. [Spore + Gr. fyto`n plant.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sporophyte, n. a spore-producing form of plant with alternating sexual and asexual generations.
Derivative
sporophytic adj. sporophytically adv.
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