archegonium

English

Noun

archegonium (plural archegonia)

1. (botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "reproductive structure"): antheridium

Coordinate terms

• antheridium, oogonium

Translations

multicellular reproductive structure in certain plants

• Finnish: munapesäke
• Icelandic: egghirsla f
• Irish: arcagóiniam m
• Italian: archegonio m
• Polish: rodnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: arquegónio m (Portugal), arquegônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: arhegon (ro) n
• Spanish: arquegonio (es) m
• Swedish: arkegon n

See also

• venter