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GAMETOPHYTES
Noun
gametophytes
plural of gametophyte
Source: Wiktionary
GAMETOPHYTE
Ga*me"to*phyte, n. [Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
Definition: In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the algæ, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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