sporophyte
pronunciation
How to pronounce sporophyte in British English:
UK ['spɔ:rəfaɪt]
How to pronounce sporophyte in American English:
US ['spɒrəˌfaɪt]
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- Noun:
- the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Word Origin
- sporophyte (n.)
- from sporo- + -phyte.
Example
- 1. The embryo constitutes a partially developed young sporophyte .
- 2. Sporogonium the sporophyte generation in mosses and liverworts .
- 3. Propagation of rare & endangered sporophyte spp. : by spores .
- 4. The sporophyte , which is wholly dependent on the gametophyte , is simply a spore capsule borne on a stalk .
- 5. Exoscopic describing the type of development of a plant embryo in which the apex of the sporophyte develops from the outer cell formed by the first division of the zygote , the inner cell giving rise to the foot .