1 definition found 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.]
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