A female gametangium that contains one or more discrete gametes. (Pl. oogonia.)
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• (n.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and Peronosporeae.
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• (BOTANY) The female sex organ of certain algae and fungi, containing one or more oospheres. • (ZOOLOGY) A cell of an animal ovary which undergoes repeated mitosis and eventually gives rise to oocytes.
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Female sexual structure in certain algae and fungi, containing one or more gametes. After fertilization the oogonium contains the oospore. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(o″o-go´ne-әm) [Gr.], a primordial oocyte during fetal development; near the time of birth it becomes a primary oocyte.
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In fungi, the female reproductive structure of such oomycetes as Pythium spp. and Phytophthora spp. containing one or more gametes.
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Female sexual structure in certain algae and fungi, containing one or more gametes. After fertilization the oogonium contains the oospore.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′ō-gō′nē-ŭm, -ă Definitions: 1. Primordial germ cells; proliferate by mitotic division. All oogonia develop into primary oocytes before birth occurs; no oogonia are present after birth. 2. In fungi, the female gametangium bearing one or more oospores.
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Oogonium: A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops into an ovum (an egg). The second 'o' in oogonium is pronounced separately from the first: o·o·gon·i·um. The word was created from the prefix 'oo-' (Greek oon, egg) + 'gonium' (New Latin for cell) = the egg cell.
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one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to oocytes. · the one-celled female reproductive organ in certain thallophytes, usually a more or less spherical sac containing one or more eggs.
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