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    GAMETOPHYTE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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