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archegonia

archegonia is the plural of archegonium.

Meaning of archegonium

Noun

archegonium (plural archegonia)

  1. A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
    • On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5

Questions about archegonia

What is archegonia the plural of?
Archegonia is the plural of archegonium.

Words near archegonia in the dictionary

  1. archegete
  2. archegetes
  3. archegetic
  4. archegone
  5. archegones
  6. archegonia
  7. archegonial
  8. archegoniate
  9. archegoniates
  10. archegoniophore
  11. archegoniophores

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