Dictionary entry

Sporophyte

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spo″ro‐phyte (?), n. [Spore + Gr. � plant.] (Bot.) 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. — Spo′ro‐phyt″ic (#), a.