Gametophyte vs. Gametophore

Gametophytenoun

(botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

Gametophytenoun

In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the algæ, 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.

Gametophytenoun

the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

Gametophyte

A gametophyte () is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes.

Gametophorenoun

(botany) in ferns, the bearer of sex organs

Gametophorenoun

A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts.

Gametophorenoun

a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

Gametophore

The word gametophore, also known as gametangiophore, is composed of gametangium and (Greek Φορά, ). In moss and fern (Archegoniata) the gametophore is the bearer of the sex organs (gametangia), the female archegonia and the male antheridia.