Associations to the word «Sporophyte»

Wiktionary

SPOROPHYTE, noun. (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

Dictionary definition

SPOROPHYTE, noun. The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche