Gamete

A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual In Bot gamete designates esp the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation forming a zygospore The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts sperm male and egg female their union is called fertilization and the resulting zygote an ooumlspore In Zooumll gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms