gametophyte

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Noun

gametophyte (plural gametophytes)

1. (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
   • 2018, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian, 25 May ↗:

     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.

Related terms

• gametangium
• gamete
• gametogenesis
• gametophytic

Translations

• French: gamétophyte
• Italian: gametofito
• Portuguese: gametófito
• Spanish: gametofito, gametófito

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