ARCHEGONIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: archegonia   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Derivation:

archegonial (of or relating to an archegonium)

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