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GAMETOPHORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gametophore" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametophore"):
antheridiophore (gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts)