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‖ archegonium Bot.|ɑːkɪˈgəʊnɪəm|
Pl. -a.
[mod.L., dim. of Gr. ἀρχέγονος founder of a race, f. ἀρχε- = ἀρχι- (see archi-) + γόνος race. Rarely archegon.]
The female organ in Cryptogams, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
1854Balfour in Encycl. Brit. V. 156/1 The pistillidium or archegonium contains a germ-cell..which produces a germinating body. 1863Berkeley Brit. Mosses iii. 19 The archegon..is flask-shaped. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 288. |