sporophyte
noun
the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
sporophytic
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a word derived from
sporophyte.
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That is, the sporophytic phase is dominant, as in higher plants.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
