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Dictionary definition: gametophyte
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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ga·me·to·phyte
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gəˈmētəˌfīt
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n.
Bot.
(in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations) the gamete-producing and usually ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Rhodophyta
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;
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... ... specialized glucose polymer of different structure than the starch of plants. The life cycle of the red algae is extremely complex, involving one haploid phase and two diploid phases. Most marine red algae have soft and delicate bodies, or ...
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