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GAMETOPHYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gametophyte" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametophyte"):
megagametophyte (the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores)
microgametophyte (the male gametophyte produced by a microspore)
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