sporophyte

The diploid spore-producing phase in the life cycle of a plant that exhibits alternation of generations. It is the dominant stage in vascular plants.

In botany, the segment or stage of the life-cycle of the higher cryptogams (Pteridophyta, Bryophyta) in which the non-sexual organs of reproduction are borne

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.

A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

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