Explore Sporophyte through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like plant or flora. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sporophyte meaning
A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
Using Sporophyte
- The main meaning on this page is: A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
- Useful related words include: plant, flora, plant life.
- In the example corpus, sporophyte often appears in combinations such as: the sporophyte.
Context around Sporophyte
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sporophyte
- In this selection, "sporophyte" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vascular, diploid, young, generation, produces and develops stand out and add context to how "sporophyte" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new sporophyte and either the sporophyte or the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sporophyte" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sporophyte
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Either the sporophyte or the gametophyte may be reduced (heteromorphic). (10 words)
The sporophyte produces spores by meiosis which in turn develop into gametophytes. (12 words)
Two gametes fuse to form a zygote which develops into a new sporophyte. (13 words)
The three stages (male, female and sporophyte) are difficult to distinguish when they are not fertile; however, the gametophytes often show a blue iridescence. (24 words)
A later terrestrial adaptation took place with retention of the delicate, avascular sexual stage, the gametophyte, within the tissues of the vascular sporophyte. (23 words)
In land plants and some algae, there is an alternation of generations such that meiosis in the diploid sporophyte generation produces haploid spores. (23 words)
Example sentences (10)
A later terrestrial adaptation took place with retention of the delicate, avascular sexual stage, the gametophyte, within the tissues of the vascular sporophyte.
Either the sporophyte or the gametophyte may be reduced (heteromorphic).
In Common Smoothcap moss (Atrichum undulatum), the vibration of sporophyte has been shown to be an important mechanism for spore release.
In land plants and some algae, there is an alternation of generations such that meiosis in the diploid sporophyte generation produces haploid spores.
Their reduced gametophytes developed from megaspores retained within the spore-producing organs (megasporangia) of the sporophyte, a condition known as endospory.
The sporophyte produces spores by meiosis which in turn develop into gametophytes.
The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis to produce haploid tetraspores (which can be male or female) that develop into gametophytes.
The three stages (male, female and sporophyte) are difficult to distinguish when they are not fertile; however, the gametophytes often show a blue iridescence.
The young sporophyte develops within the seed, which on germination splits to release it.
Two gametes fuse to form a zygote which develops into a new sporophyte.
Common combinations with sporophyte
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: