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单词 archegonium
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Definition of archegonium in English:

archegonium

nounPlural archegonia ˌɑːkɪˈɡəʊnɪəmˌärkəˈɡōnēəm
Botany
  • The female sex organ in mosses, liverworts, ferns, and most conifers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lastly, archegonia are always absent in angiosperms.
    • Notwithstanding their general similarity, the archegonia of mosses differ externally from antheridia in having a longer neck and longer stalk.
    • This is a new feature and contrasts with most free-sporing plants in which sperm, rather than the whole microgametophyte, move to the archegonia.
    • Dispersed by wind, these small spores germinate into small, freeliving, disc-shaped gametophytes that produce either archegonia - organs in which egg cells are formed - or sperm-producing antheridia.
    • Antheridia formed on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the wing, while archegonia formed on the ventral surface of the anterior cushion.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek arkhegonos, from arkhe- 'chief' + gonos 'race'.

 
 

Definition of archegonium in US English:

archegonium

nounˌärkəˈɡōnēəm
Botany
  • The female sex organ in mosses, liverworts, ferns, and most conifers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dispersed by wind, these small spores germinate into small, freeliving, disc-shaped gametophytes that produce either archegonia - organs in which egg cells are formed - or sperm-producing antheridia.
    • Lastly, archegonia are always absent in angiosperms.
    • This is a new feature and contrasts with most free-sporing plants in which sperm, rather than the whole microgametophyte, move to the archegonia.
    • Antheridia formed on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the wing, while archegonia formed on the ventral surface of the anterior cushion.
    • Notwithstanding their general similarity, the archegonia of mosses differ externally from antheridia in having a longer neck and longer stalk.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek arkhegonos, from arkhe- ‘chief’ + gonos ‘race’.

 
 
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