OOPHYTE 65 points (15 points without the bingo)
Definition: a stage of development in certain plants [n]
More specifically, in botany, the gametophyte in mosses, liverworts, and ferns, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg. The word comes from its grand division, Oophyta (not a Scrabble word) and literally means "egg-plants", which refers to the character of the female reproductive system in the plants, which slightly resembles the ovum in animals.
Inflections: OOPHYTES [pl.] OOPHYTIC [adj.]
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