gametophyte
A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
A kind of
- plant
Related words
- macrogametophyte
- megagametophyte
- microgametophyte
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gametophyte” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.