Gametangium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gametangium is a noun meaning (botany, mycology) A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants.
Meaning
(botany, mycology) A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants.
Example Sentences
Gymnoascus and its allies; the gametangia are not much differentiated; both, like the mycelial cells, are multinucleate (it is difficult to gauge the significance of this character in Fungi) and the oogonium, or an outgrowth from it becomes septate after fertilization and gives rise to ascogenous hyphae.
Word Forms
- gametangia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include progametangium, spermatangium, gametangiophore, gametocyst, oogonium, gametophore.
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