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MEGAGAMETOPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does megagametophyte mean?
• MEGAGAMETOPHYTE (noun)
The noun MEGAGAMETOPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
Familiarity information: MEGAGAMETOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("megagametophyte" is a kind of...):
gametophyte (the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations)
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