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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gametophyte \game"tophyte\, n. gamete + gr. fyto`n plant.
bot.
in the alternation of generations in plants, that generation
or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. in the
lower plants, as the algae, the gametophyte is the
conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the
so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small,
early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually
microscopic or rudimentary.
webster 1913 suppl.
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gametophyte
n : the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle
of a plant having alternation of generations
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