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tetrasporophyte

tetrasporophyte noun: a sporophyte, in red algae, that produce tetraspores (actually meiospores).

Noun

tetrasporophyte (plural tetrasporophytes)

  1. A sporophyte, in red algae, that produce tetraspores (actually meiospores)

Forms of tetrasporophyte

pluraltetrasporophytes

Origin of tetrasporophyte

From tetra- + sporophyte.

Questions about tetrasporophyte

What does tetrasporophyte mean?
Tetrasporophyte means a sporophyte, in red algae, that produce tetraspores (actually meiospores).
What part of speech is tetrasporophyte?
Tetrasporophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrasporophyte?
The plural of tetrasporophyte is tetrasporophytes.

Words near tetrasporophyte in the dictionary

  1. tetrasporangiate
  2. tetrasporangium
  3. tetraspore
  4. tetraspores
  5. tetrasporic
  6. tetrasporophyte
  7. tetrasporophytes
  8. tetrasporophytic
  9. tetrasporous
  10. tetrasquillid
  11. tetrasquillids

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