Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gametophyte"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gametophyte \Ga*me"to*phyte\, n. [Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.]
(Bot.)
In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation
or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the
alg[ae], the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant
body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it
is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed
plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gametophyte
n : the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle
of a plant having alternation of generations
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