1) Reproductive structure
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An antheridium or antherida (plural: antheridia) is a haploid structure or organ producing and containing male gametes (called antherozoids or sperm). It is present in the gametophyte phase of cryptogams like bryophytes and ferns, and also in the primitive vascular psilotophytes. Many algae and some fungi, for example ascomycetes and water moulds,...
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A male gametangium. (Pl. antheridia.)
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• (n.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
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(from the article `reproductive system, plant`) ...produced in special containers called gametangia, which are multicellular. In cases in which special gametangia are lacking, every cell produces a ... In these groups the gametophytes develop as free-living and independent plants that ultimately produce the gametes. In general, the male...
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The fertile organ of a male gametophyte or the male organ of a bisexual gametophyte, in which male gametes are formed. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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The finger-like male sexual organ of the oomycete fungi.
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An`ther·id'i·um noun ;
plural Antheridia [
Anther + ... (a Greek diminutive ending).]
(Botany) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also
spermary . --
An`...
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The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the sperm cells.
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The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the sperm cells.
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[n] - the male sex organ of spore-producing plants
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antheridium, antherid The male sex organ of the lower plants, usually producing numerous motile, flagellate gametes (antherozoids).
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noun the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers
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Organ producing the male gametes, antherozoids, in algae, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), and pteridophytes (ferns, club mosses, and horsetails). It may be either single-celled, as in most algae, or multicellular, as in bryophytes and pteridophytes
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a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
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