gametophyte noun. [gǝ'mi:tǝ(ʊ)fʌɪt] L19.
[from GAMETO- + -PHYTE.]
Botany. In the alternation of generations, the gamete-producing (usu. haploid) phase in the life cycle of a plant (the dominant form in bryophytes) which forms the zygote from which the sporophyte arises. Cf. SPOROPHYTE.

■ gametophytic [-'fɪtɪk] adjective of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a gametophyte E20.

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