| Pronunciation: | | `ârku'gowneeum
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms |
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ARCHEGONIUM is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | plant organ |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the first of a
race.] (Bot.)
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic
plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The structure on the pteridophyte prothallus that produces the sessile female gametes. Compare antheridium. |
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