a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
Derived forms
archegoniate (ˌarcheˈgoniate)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from Greek arkhegonos original parent, from arkhe- chief, first + gonos seed, race
Examples of 'archegonia' in a sentence
archegonia
Archegonia without ventral canal cell are solitary or in complexes.
Vladimir B. Brukhin, Peter V. Bozhkov 2014, 'Female gametophyte development and embryogenesis in Taxus baccata L.', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/924. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Archegonia were observed on cordiform gametophytes at 130 days.
Isabel Beatriz de Vargas, Annette Droste 2014, 'In vitro propagation of Cyathea atrovirens (Cyatheaceae): spore storage and sterilizationconditions', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000200027&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Archegonia necks have 4 rows of 4 cells each.
Olga G Martínez 2010, 'Gametófitos y esporófitos jóvenes de cuatro especies de helechos del género Pteris(Pteridaceae) naturalizadas en América', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000100007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)