SPOROPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sporophyte mean? 

• SPOROPHYTE (noun)
  The noun SPOROPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

  Familiarity information: SPOROPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOROPHYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sporophyte" is a kind of...):

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)