archegonium

noun

Meaning

A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.

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Related words

archegoniate(English)archegoniophore(English)pistillidium(English)megagametogenesis(English)gymnophyte(English)oogone(English)embryo sac(English)venter(English)

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