Archicarp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archicarp is a noun meaning The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
Meaning
The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
Example Sentences
The archicarp is bounded at the top by the trichogyne and at the base by a foot cell.
The other branch (antheridium) grows up in close contact with the archicarp, and like it is shut off by a partition from its filament.
In Chaetomium spirale the cells of the mycelium contain each a single nucleus, the archicarp arises as a coiled branch and divides into four or more uninucleate cells.
Word Forms
- archicarps
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mericarp, arbuscle, paraphysis, paracyst, ascocarp, ascogonium.
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