Gametophyte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gametophyte is a noun meaning (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
Meaning
(botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- gametophytes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sporophyte, gamophyte, megagametophyte, microgametophyte, gametophore, macrogametophyte.
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