Definitions for archegonium

archegonium ar·che·go·ni·um

Spelling: [ahr-ki-goh-nee-uh m]
IPA: /ˌɑr kɪˈgoʊ ni əm/

Archegonium is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

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Definitions for archegonium

noun

  1. the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.

Origin of archegonium

1850-55; New Latin, equivalent to archegon- (Greek archégonos first of a race; see arche-, gono-) + -ium Greek -ion diminutive suffix

Examples for archegonium

The archegonium (fig. 1) has the form of a narrow flask with a long neck.

The neck of the archegonium is quite long, but does not project above the surface of the prothallium (Fig. 77, H).

The young sporogonium is protected by a thick calyptra derived from the tissue of the thallus around the archegonium.

Throughout he compares the structure with the pistillum (archegonium) of Bryophyta.

The fertilized nucleus or germ-cell of the archegonium in Cryptogams, from which the new plant is directly developed.

Spermatozoids are formed in the antheridium, and these enter the archegonium and fertilize the germ cell.

The female organ (archegonium) and the cell which it produces are practically identical in both cases.

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