GAMETOPHYTE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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