Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sporophyte
n 1: the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle
of a plant having alternation of generations