Antheridia is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 561 anagrams from letters in antheridia (aadehiinrt).
From New Latin, dating back to 1850-55; See origin at anther, -idium
They are reproduced by means of antheridia and oogonia developed in conceptacles, clustered together at the apex of the branches.
antheridia most often on a short branch, globose-oblong or cylindric.
antheridia large, in the axils of leaves on terminal branches.
antheridia immersed in the thallus, covered with dentate scales.
If these are carefully separated, the antheridia can just be seen as minute whitish globules, barely visible to the naked eye.
antheridia are often wanting, and even when they are present, it is very doubtful whether fertilization takes place.
Among the antheridia are borne peculiar hairs (Fig. 59, p) tipped by a large globular cell.
Paraphyses, jointed filaments mixed with the antheridia of Mosses.
If the antheridia are not quite ripe, the mass must be liberated by dissection.
The antheridia are protected by leaves which are often modified in shape.
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