transcription, транскрипция: [ gə-ˈmē-tə-ˌfīt ]
noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: circa 1889
: the haploid generation of a plant or fungus with alternation of generations that begins with haploid spore- or gamete-producing bodies and ends with fertilization producing a diploid zygote and that constitutes the visibly dominant form in mosses, algae, and fungi, exists as an independent plant body in ferns and their relatives, and is reduced to a microscopic or rudimentary state in seed plants ; also : an individual of this generation — compare sporophyte
• ga·me·to·phyt·ic -ˌmē-tə-ˈfi-tik adjective