n.
Pronunciation: g ə - ' m ē -t ə - ˌ f ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: circa 1889
: the haploid multicellular individual or generation of a plant with alternation of generations that begins with a haploid spore, produces gametes by mitotic division, and ends with fertilization producing a diploid zygote and that constitutes the visibly dominant form in mosses and algae, exists as an independent plant body in ferns and their relatives, and is reduced to a microscopic or rudimentary state in seed plants ― compare SPOROPHYTE
– ga · me · to · phyt · ic \ - ˌ m ē -t ə - ' fi-tik \ adjective