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archegoniates

archegoniates is the plural of archegoniate.

Meaning of archegoniate

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

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Questions about archegoniates

What is archegoniates the plural of?
Archegoniates is the plural of archegoniate.

Words near archegoniates in the dictionary

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

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