Definition of Gametophore

1. Noun. A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts.

Generic synonyms: Reproductive Structure
Specialized synonyms: Antheridiophore

Definition of Gametophore

1. Noun. (botany) in ferns, the bearer of sex organs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gametophore

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gametophore

gametocyst
gametocytes
gametoecium
gametogeneses
gametogenesis
gametogenic
gametogenous
gametogonium
gametoid
gametokinetic
gametophagia
gametophores
gametophytes
gametophytic
gameverse
gameverses
gameworld
gameworlds
gamier
gamiest
gamification
gamily

Literary usage of Gametophore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"9 gametophore suborbicular, the somewhat leaf-like peripheral lobes almost entirely concealed by the numerous subglobose, cylindrical-ovoid, ..."

2. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"... hyphae constitute a gametophore derived by growth and branching from a gametangium which has ceased to produce motile gametes in adaptation to a ..."

3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Homology of the gametophore of marchantia.—To see the relation of the ... The stalk of the gametophore is then a continuation of the midrib of the thallus. ..."

4. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"The gametophore arises from this protonema as a lateral bud, which develops a pyramidal apical cell, from which three sets of segments are cut off, ..."

5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"To see the relation of the gametophore to the thallus of marchantia take ... The stalk of the gametophore is then a continuation of the midrib of the ..."

6. Elementary Studies in Botany by John Merle Coulter (1913)
"A, a. leafy branch (gametophore) that has become- independent by putting out its own rhizoids; B, a rosette of leaves surrounding a group of sex-organs ..."

7. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"9 gametophore suborbicular, the somewhat leaf-like peripheral lobes almost entirely concealed by the numerous subglobose, cylindrical-ovoid, ..."

8. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"... hyphae constitute a gametophore derived by growth and branching from a gametangium which has ceased to produce motile gametes in adaptation to a ..."

9. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Homology of the gametophore of marchantia.—To see the relation of the ... The stalk of the gametophore is then a continuation of the midrib of the thallus. ..."

10. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"The gametophore arises from this protonema as a lateral bud, which develops a pyramidal apical cell, from which three sets of segments are cut off, ..."

11. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"To see the relation of the gametophore to the thallus of marchantia take ... The stalk of the gametophore is then a continuation of the midrib of the ..."

12. Elementary Studies in Botany by John Merle Coulter (1913)
"A, a. leafy branch (gametophore) that has become- independent by putting out its own rhizoids; B, a rosette of leaves surrounding a group of sex-organs ..."

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