gametophyte

1. n. the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations Source: wordnet

2. In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary. Source: webster

3. In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation orphase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the algæ, thegametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses itis the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, earlyperishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic orrudimentary. Source: adambom

4. n:100 n. the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations Source: ecdict

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