GAMETOPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gametophyte mean? 

• GAMETOPHYTE (noun)
  The noun GAMETOPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

  Familiarity information: GAMETOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMETOPHYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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)