Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organ or a cell in which gametes are produced.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cell or organ in which gametes are contained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A cell or organ in which gametes develop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
gamete -producingorgan orcell found in manymulticellular protists ,algae andfungi , and in thegametophytes of plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cell or organ in which gametes develop
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[gamet(o)– + Greek angeion : diminutive of angos, vessel + –ium.]
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Spores (n) Meiosis Female gametangium (n) 1 2 Mitosis and development 3 4 Mitosis and development 5 17.7
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Figure 17.6 Key Haploid (n) Diploid (2 n) Egg (n) Zygote (2 n) Sperm (n) (released from male gametangium) Gametophyte (n) (underside) Fertilization Clusters of sporangia New sporophyte (2 n) growing out of gametophyte Mature sporophyte (independent of gametophyte)
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