Archegonium definitions

Archegonium

1) Plant organ
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Archegonium

An archegonium (pl: archegonia), from the ancient Greek ἀρχή (`beginning`) and γόνος (`offspring`), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants, producing and containing the ovum or female gamete. The corresponding male organ is called the antheridium. The archegonium has a long neck canal or vent...
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Archegonium

• (n.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
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archegonium

the female reproductive organ in ferns and mosses. An archegonium also occurs in some gymnosperms, e.g., cycads and conifers. A flask-shaped ... [9 related articles]
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archegonium

<plant biology> The structure on the pteridophyte prothallus that produces the sessile female gametes. ... Compare: antheridium. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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archegonium

Female sex organ of liverworts, mosses, ferns and most gymnosperms.
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Archegonium

Ar`che·go'ni·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... the first of a race.] (Botany) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
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archegonium

The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the egg cell, and nurtures the young sporophyte.
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archegonium

The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the egg cell, and nurtures the young sporophyte.
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archegonium

[n] - a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
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archegonium

archegonium A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.
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archegonium

noun a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
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archegonium

the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
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