Difference between Sporophyte and Sporocyte

What is the difference between Sporophyte and Sporocyte?

Sporophyte as a noun is the plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes. while Sporocyte as a noun is a cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis

Sporophyte

Part of speech: noun

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

Sporocyte

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis

We hope you now know whether to use Sporophyte or Sporocyte in your sentence.

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