gamobium

noun

ga·​mo·​bi·​um

gəˈmōbēəm,

gaˈ-

plural gamobia

-ēə

: the sexually reproducing generation when sexual and asexual generations alternate

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gam- + -bium

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