Usually means: Bearer of reproductive structures, mosses.
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  1. gametophore: Merriam-Webster
  2. gametophore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gametophore: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gametophore: Vocabulary.com
  5. gametophore: Wordnik
  6. gametophore: Wiktionary
  7. gametophore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gametophore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. gametophore: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. gametophore: Dictionary.com
  11. Gametophore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. gametophore: Rhymezone
  13. gametophore: FreeDictionary.org
  14. gametophore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. gametophore: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gametophore: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (botany) in ferns, the bearer of sex organs

Similar:
oophore, gamophyte, antheridiophore, trophophore, megagametophyte, gametophyte, sporangiophore, gametangiophore, microgametophyte, sporophyte, more...

Opposite:
sporophyte

Types:
sporangium, capsule, sorus, strobilus, conidium, oogonium, antheridium, archegonium, more...

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Similar:
oophore, gamophyte, antheridiophore, trophophore, megagametophyte, gametophyte, sporangiophore, gametangiophore, microgametophyte, sporophyte, more...

Opposite:
sporophyte

Types:
sporangium, capsule, sorus, strobilus, conidium, oogonium, antheridium, archegonium, more...



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