archegonium
English
Noun
archegonium (plural archegonia)
- (botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
- 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.
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Antonyms
- (reproductive structure): antheridium
Coordinate terms
- antheridium, oogonium
Translations
multicellular reproductive structure in certain plants
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See also
- venter