: the haploid multicellular individual or generation of a plant or alga with alternation of generations that begins with a haploid spore, produces gametes by mitotic division, and ends with fertilization producing a diploid zygote and that constitutes the visibly dominant form in mosses and algae, exists as an independent plant body in ferns and ...
Conceit. Definition: A conceit is a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way. Often, conceits are extended metaphors that dominate an entire passage or poem. Metaphysical poet John Donne was known for his conceits (often called metaphysical conceits).
1. conduit-a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; the computers were connected through a system of conduits. aqueduct-a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley. duct-an enclosed conduit for a fluid.