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gametophyte

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

Equivalents

Españolgametofito
Françaisgamétophyte
DeutschGametophyt
5 more languages
Italianogametofito
Nederlandsgametofyt
Portuguêsgametófito

Examples

“In liverworts like Marchantia, which lives in most soggy places worldwide, the gametophyte is the dominant phasethe thing you would think of as the plant.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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