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the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

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  1. n. the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
  2. In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. -- Spo`ro*phyt"ic (#), a.
  3. In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generationwhich bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is notclearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. --Spo`ro*phyt"ic (#), a.
  4. n:100 n. the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations