gametophyte

Etymology

From gameto- + -phyte (“plant”).

noun

  1. (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
    In liverworts like Marchantia, which lives in most soggy places worldwide, the gametophyte is the dominant phase – the thing you would think of as the plant. 25 May 2018, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian

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