gametophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

Word forms

gametophyte gametophytes

Etymology

From gameto- + -phyte (“plant”).

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