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antheridium

antheridium noun: an organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.

Noun

antheridium (plural antheridia)

  1. An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
    • Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54

antheridium meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

antheridium in Tamil

ஆண் உறுப்பு, ஆந்திரிடியம், ஆண்பாலணுக்கள் உண்டாகுமிடம், ஆண் அணுவகம்

antheridium in Bengali

উদ্ভিদের পুরুষ জনন অঙ্গ

antheridium in Malayalam

antheridium
ആന്തെറിഡിയം ānteṟiḍiyaṁ

Forms of antheridium

pluralantheridia

Origin of antheridium

From anther + -idium.

Words formed from antheridium

Questions about antheridium

What does antheridium mean?
Antheridium means an organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
What is antheridium in Tamil?
Antheridium in Tamil is ஆண் உறுப்பு, ஆந்திரிடியம், ஆண்பாலணுக்கள் உண்டாகுமிடம். See Antheridium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antheridium?
Antheridium is a noun.
What is the plural of antheridium?
The plural of antheridium is antheridia.

Words near antheridium in the dictionary

  1. antheridic
  2. antheridiogen
  3. antheridiogens
  4. antheridiophore
  5. antheridiophores
  6. antheridium
  7. antheriferous
  8. antheriform
  9. antherine
  10. antherines
  11. antherless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antheridium (page history and authors); antheridium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antheridium (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ആന്തെറിഡിയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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