ANTHERIDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: andtheridia    , antheridia   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("antheridium" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Derivation:

antheridial (relating to or characterized by an antheridium)

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