OOPHYTE
Etymology
Noun
oophyte (plural oophytes)
(obsolete, biology) gametophyte
Source: Wiktionary
O"ö*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively
termed oöphytes or Oöphyta), which have their sexual reproduction
accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oöspheres, either while
included in their oögonia or after exclusion.
Note: This class was at first called Oösporeæ, and is made to include
all algæ and fungi which have this kind of reproduction, however they
may differ in all other respects, the contrasted classes of
Thallophytes being Protophytes, Zygophytes, and Carpophytes. The
whole system has its earnest advocates, but is rejected by many
botanists. See Carpophyte.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition