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spermaphyte

spermaphyte is the alternative form of spermatophyte.

Meaning of spermatophyte

Noun

spermatophyte (plural spermatophytes)

  1. Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores
    Synonyms:
    phanerogam

Forms of spermaphyte

pluralspermaphytes
alternative formspermatophyte
alternative formspermophyte

Origin of spermaphyte

From sperma- + -phyte (“plant”)

Questions about spermaphyte

What is spermaphyte the alternative form of?
Spermaphyte is the alternative form of spermatophyte.

Words near spermaphyte in the dictionary

  1. spermaholics
  2. spermalege
  3. spermaleges
  4. spermaphore
  5. spermaphores
  6. spermaphyte
  7. spermaphytes
  8. spermaphytic
  9. spermarche
  10. spermaria
  11. spermaries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spermaphyte (page history and authors); spermatophyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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