Gametophyte

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amphibianannualbiennialcuttingdicotyledonevergreen

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From gameto- + -phyte (“plant”).

Related phrases

life cycle

More for "gametophyte"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.