Antheridium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antheridium is a noun meaning (botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
Meaning
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
Example Sentences
Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple.
Word Forms
- antheridia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antherozoid, antherozooid, antheridiophore, antheridiogen, antherode, spermatozoid.
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