GAMETOPHORE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gametophore" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametophore"):

antheridiophore (gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts)

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