GAMETOPHYTE


Meaning of GAMETOPHYTE in English

[ gə'mi:tə(ʊ)fʌɪt ]

■ noun Botany (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations, e.g. ferns) the gamete-producing phase (typically haploid), which produces the zygote from which the sporophyte arises.

Derivatives

gametophytic adjective

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