[ 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
[ 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
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004