Associations to the word «Gametophyte»

Wiktionary

GAMETOPHYTE, noun. (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

Dictionary definition

GAMETOPHYTE, noun. The gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley