sporophyte
sporophyte noun: a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Noun
sporophyte (plural sporophytes)
- 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
sporophyte meaning in Tamil and Telugu
sporophyte in Tamil
- வித்தித்தாவரம், வித்தகத் தாவரம், ஸ்போரோஃபைட், ஸ்போர்தாவரம்
sporophyte in Telugu
- sporophyte
- బీజకణజనకము bījakaṇajanakamu
Forms of sporophyte
| plural | sporophytes |
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Origin of sporophyte
From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Words formed from sporophyte
Questions about sporophyte
- What does sporophyte mean?
- Sporophyte means a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
- What is sporophyte in Tamil?
- Sporophyte in Tamil is வித்தித்தாவரம், வித்தகத் தாவரம், ஸ்போரோஃபைட். See Sporophyte meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sporophyte?
- Sporophyte is a noun.
- What is the plural of sporophyte?
- The plural of sporophyte is sporophytes.
Words near sporophyte in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sporophyte (page history and authors); sporophyte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బీజకణజనకము (Telugu) (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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