"sporophyte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sporophytes [plural]
Etymology: From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|sporo|phyte|t1=spore|t2=plant}} sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sporophyte (plural sporophytes)
  1. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes. Wikipedia link: sporophyte Categories (topical): Botany Related terms: megasporophyte, sporangium, spore, sporogenesis, sporophytic, gametophyte Translations (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes): sporofyt [common-gender] (Danish), sporofyt [masculine] (Dutch), gróliður (Faroese), sporofyytti (Finnish), itiöpolvi (Finnish), Sporophyt [masculine] (German), sporofiton (Hungarian), ivartalan szakasz (Hungarian), ivartalan nemzedék (Hungarian), gróliður (Icelandic), sporofytt (Norwegian), esporófito [masculine] (Portuguese), esporófito [masculine] (Spanish), sporofyt [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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