gametophore
/ɡəˈmiːtə(ʊ)fɔː/ /ˈɡamɪtəfɔː/Botany
noun
Originally: the sexual form or generation of a plant (now rare ). In later use: any structure, especially a modified branch or filament, bearing a gametangium or gametes in a bryophyte or other non-flowering plant.
Origin
Late 19th century. From gameto- + -phore, after sporophore.