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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gametophyte \Ga*me"to*phyte\, n. [Gamete + Gr fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the alg[ae], the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gametophyte n : the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
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