Definitions for ascogonia

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ascogonia as·co·go·ni·um

Spelling: [as-kuh-goh-nee-uh m]

IPA: /ˌæs kəˈgoʊ ni əm/

Ascogonia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 276 anagrams from letters in ascogonia (aacginoos).

Definitions for ascogonia

noun

1. the female sexual organ in certain ascomycetous fungi.
2. the portion of the archicarp in certain ascomycetous fungi that receives the antheridial nuclei and puts out the hyphae bearing the asci.

Origin of ascogonia

First recorded in 1870-75; asco- + -gonium