GAMETOPHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gametophore mean? 

• GAMETOPHORE (noun)
  The noun GAMETOPHORE has 1 sense:

1. a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

  Familiarity information: GAMETOPHORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMETOPHORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gametophore" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametophore"):

antheridiophore (gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts)