gametophyte
noun
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Definition of gametophyte
: the haploid multicellular individual or generation of a plant or alga with alternation of generations that begins with a haploid spore, produces gametes by mitotic division, and ends with fertilization producing a diploid zygote and that constitutes the visibly dominant form in mosses and algae, exists as an independent plant body in ferns and their relatives, and is reduced to a microscopic or rudimentary state in seed plants — compare sporophyte
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gametophyte
noun
ga·me·to·phyte
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Medical Definition of gametophyte
: the individual or generation of a plant exhibiting alternation of generations that bears sex organs — compare sporophyte
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gametophytic
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