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pistillidium

pistillidium noun: an archegonium.

Noun

pistillidium (plural pistillidia)

  1. (archaic) An archegonium.

Forms of pistillidium

pluralpistillidia

Origin of pistillidium

From New Latin pistillidium, from Latin pistillum (“pestle”) + -idium.

Questions about pistillidium

What does pistillidium mean?
Pistillidium means an archegonium.
What part of speech is pistillidium?
Pistillidium is a noun.
What is the plural of pistillidium?
The plural of pistillidium is pistillidia.

Words near pistillidium in the dictionary

  1. pistillary
  2. pistillate
  3. pistillation
  4. Pistilli
  5. pistillidia
  6. pistillidium
  7. pistilliferous
  8. pistilliform
  9. pistilligerous
  10. Pistillis
  11. pistillode

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