Sporophyte

Origin

- + phyte + -.

Full definition of sporophyte

Noun

1. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|4(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

Related terms

• sporangium
• spore
• sporogenesis
• sporophytic