'Sporophyte' definitions:
Definition of 'sporophyte'
(from WordNet)
noun
The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Definition of 'Sporophyte'
From: GCIDE
- Sporophyte \Spo"ro*phyte\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*f[imac]t), n. [Spore + Gr. fyto`n 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]