gametophyte

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Etymology

From gameto- +‎ -phyte (plant).

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 May 25, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian[1]:
      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.

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