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archegoniate

archegoniate adjective: relating to or possessing archegonia.

Adjective

archegoniate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or possessing archegonia.

Noun

archegoniate (plural archegoniates)

  1. Any organism having archegonia.
    • Hofmeister (1851) discovered alternation of generations and demonstrated the connection between the pteridophytes and the bryophytes, giving rise to the concept of the archegoniates.1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 130

Forms of archegoniate

pluralarchegoniates

Questions about archegoniate

What does archegoniate mean?
Archegoniate means relating to or possessing archegonia.
What part of speech is archegoniate?
Archegoniate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near archegoniate in the dictionary

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

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