Meanings
nounsporophyte (plural sporophytes)
plural sporophytes
- biologyA 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
Origin
From sporo- (“spore”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan esporòfit
- esporòfitplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Danish sporofyt
- sporofytplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Dutch sporofyt
- sporofytplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Finnish sporofyytti, itiöpolvi
- sporofyyttiplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
- itiöpolviplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
French sporophyte
- sporophyteplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
German Sporophyt
- Sporophytplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Greek σποριόφυτο
- σποριόφυτο (sporiófyto)plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Hungarian sporofiton, ivartalan szakasz
- sporofitonplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
- ivartalan szakaszplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
- ivartalan nemzedékplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Icelandic gróliður
- gróliðurplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Norwegian sporofytt
- sporofyttplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Portuguese esporófito
- esporófitoplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Spanish esporófito
- esporófitoplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
Swedish sporofyt
- sporofytplant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes
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APA
sporophyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporophyte
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“sporophyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporophyte. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sporophyte,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporophyte.
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