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archegony

archegony noun: spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

Noun

archegony (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis

Origin of archegony

From arche- + -gony.

Questions about archegony

What does archegony mean?
Archegony means spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
What part of speech is archegony?
Archegony is a noun.

Words near archegony in the dictionary

  1. archegoniate
  2. archegoniates
  3. archegoniophore
  4. archegoniophores
  5. archegonium
  6. archegony
  7. archegosaur
  8. archegosaurid
  9. archegosaurids
  10. archegosauriform
  11. archegosauriforms

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