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sporophyte en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Meanings

1. A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
   • (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:

Forms

Deriveds

tetrasporophyte

Relateds

megasporophyte · sporophytic · spore · gametophyte · sporangium · sporogenesis

Translations (17)

hu ivartalan szakasz (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · sv sporofyt (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · fi sporofyytti (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · fi itiöpolvi (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · pt esporófito (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · el σποριόφυτο (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · fo gróliður (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · nl sporofyt (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · no sporofytt (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · hu sporofiton (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · is gróliður (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · de Sporophyt (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · hu ivartalan nemzedék (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · ca esporòfit (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · fr sporophyte (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · es esporófito (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) · da sporofyt (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes)