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Definition of alternate generation in English:
alternate generation
noun
BiologyEach of the two distinct forms which succeed one another in the life cycle of an organism which undergoes alternation of generations; (also) the occurrence of such a succession of forms.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Rymer Jones (1810–1880), morphologist and physiologist.
