Archegonium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archegonium is a noun meaning (botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
Meaning
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
Example Sentences
On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
Word Forms
- archegonia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archegoniate, archegoniophore, pistillidium, megagametogenesis, gymnophyte, venter.
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