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megagametophyte

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The female gametophyte that arises from a megaspore of a heterosporous plant. In angiosperms, the megagametophyte is the embryo sac.

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  • noun biology Any gametophyte that develops from a megaspore
  • noun biology A female gametophyte

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  • noun the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores

Etymologies

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mega- ("big") + gametophyte

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