Gametophyte - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition gametophyte

Definition :

In the alternation of generations in plants that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes In the lower plants as the algaelig the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body in mosses it is the so called moss plant in ferns it is reduced to a small early perishing body and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary