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Definition of: oophyte
(ō′ə·fīt) noun Bot.
The stage in the life history of mosses, ferns, and liverworts, during which sexual organs are developed: one of the examples of the alternation of generations; the gametophyte. [<OO- + -PHYTE]
—o′o·phyt′ic (-fit′ik) adjective
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