sporophyte
noun
spo·ro·phyte
ˈspȯr-ə-ˌfīt
plural sporophytes
: the diploid, multicellular, asexual reproductive stage in plants and algae that develops from the zygote and that produces spores
The plants most people readily recognize as ferns actually are the sporophytes; the gametophyte may be completely overlooked as green fuzz growing on the side of the pot.—Donald E. Fosket
compare gametophyte
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