gametophore

1. 1.

   a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

   Broaderreproductive structure

   Narrowerantheridiophore

Other forms of gametophore

plural

gametophores·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gametophore

What does gametophore mean?

gametophore means "a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts".

How many syllables are in gametophore?

gametophore has 4 syllables: ga-me-to-phore. The stress falls on "me".

Is gametophore a common word?

gametophore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.