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The gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
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gametophyte
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Wiktionary
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n. (context botany English) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
WordNet
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n. the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gametophyte \Ga*me"to*phyte\, 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 alg[ae], the gametophyte is the conspicuous ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A gametophyte is a stage in the life cycle of plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations . It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes. The gametophyte is the sexual phase in the ...
Usage examples of gametophyte.
The Anthocerotales are a small and very distinct group, in which the gametophyte is a thallus, while the sporogonium possesses a sterile columella and is capable of long-continued growth and spore production.
Sometimes she could remember, sometimes there were flashes of brilliance, but sometimes she was lucky to remember the difference between the gametophyte and sporophyte stages of a fern.