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gametophytes

gametophytes is the plural of gametophyte.

Meaning of gametophyte

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

Questions about gametophytes

What is gametophytes the plural of?
Gametophytes is the plural of gametophyte.

Words near gametophytes in the dictionary

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

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