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sporophyte

[ spawr-uh-fahyt, spohr- ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.


sporophyte

/ ˈspɒ-; ˌspɔːrəˈfɪtɪk; ˈspɔːrəʊˌfaɪt; ˌspɒ- /

noun

  1. the diploid form of plants that have alternation of generations. It develops from a zygote and produces asexual spores Compare gametophyte
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sporophyte

/ spôrə-fīt′ /

  1. Among organisms which display an alternation of generations (such as plants, fungi, and certain algae), the individual diploid organism that produces spores. A sporophyte develops from an embryo resulting from the union of two gametes. Each of its cells has two sets of chromosomes, as opposed to the haploid gametophyte generation.


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Derived Forms

  • sporophytic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • spo·ro·phyt·ic [spawr-, uh, -, fit, -ik, spohr-], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporophyte1

First recorded in 1885–90; sporo- + -phyte
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Example Sentences

H, Sporophyte bearing the single sporangium on its upper surface.

The sporophyte may be considered to begin at the stage of nuclear association and end with the nuclear reduction in the basidium.

In contrast to the sexual generation this stage is called the spore-bearing generation (sporogonium, sporophyte).

Thus in Pellia the nuclei of the gametophyte have eight chromosomes and those of the sporophyte sixteen.

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