microgametophyte

English

Etymology

From micro- (“small”, prefix) +‎ gamete (“reproductive cell”) +‎ -o- (linking vowel) +‎ -phyte (“plant”, suffix).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mī′krō-gə-mē′tə-fīt′[1]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfaɪt/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊ.ɡəˈmi.təˌfaɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌmɑɪ.kɹəʉ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfɑɪt/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹɐʉ.ɡəˈmiː.təˌfaɪt/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪ.kɹo.ɡəˈmi.təˌfaɪt/
  • (India) IPA(key): /ˌmaj.kɾoː.ɡaˈmiː.toˌfajʈ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtəfaɪt
  • Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧ga‧me‧to‧phyte[1]

Noun

microgametophyte (plural microgametophytes)(biology)

  1. Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
  2. A male gametophyte.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “microgametophyte”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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