Sporophyte

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sporophyte \Spo"ro*phyte\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*f[imac]t), n. [Spore +
     Gr. fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
     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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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