Definitions for ascogonium

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ascogonium as·co·go·ni·um

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

IPA: /ˌæs kəˈgoʊ ni əm/

Ascogonium is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 593 anagrams from letters in ascogonium (acgimnoosu).

Definitions for ascogonium

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 ascogonium

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