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gametophyte

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

Noun

gametophyte (plural gametophytes)

  1. A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
    • In liverworts like Marchantia, which lives in most soggy places worldwide, the gametophyte is the dominant phase – the thing you would think of as the plant.2018 May 25, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian

Forms of gametophyte

pluralgametophytes

Origin of gametophyte

From gameto- + -phyte (“plant”).

Words formed from gametophyte

Questions about gametophyte

What does gametophyte mean?
Gametophyte means a plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
What part of speech is gametophyte?
Gametophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of gametophyte?
The plural of gametophyte is gametophytes.

Words near gametophyte in the dictionary

  1. gametologues
  2. gametophobia
  3. gametophore
  4. gametophores
  5. gametophoric
  6. gametophyte
  7. gametophytes
  8. gametophytic
  9. gametophytically
  10. gametotoxic
  11. Gamets

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