noun, plural ar·che·go·ni·a [ahr-ki-goh-nee-uh]. /ˌɑr kɪˈgoʊ ni ə/. Botany.
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Origin of archegonium
OTHER WORDS FROM archegoniumar·che·go·ni·al, ar·che·go·ni·ate [ahr-ki-goh-nee-it, -eyt], /ˌɑr kɪˈgoʊ ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt/, adjective
Example sentences from the Web for archegonium
In the female plant there arise at the apex of the stem, surrounded by an envelope of ordinary leaves, several archegonia.
They are also positively chemotactic to the watery extract from archegonia.The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb
Plants with cellular tissue only; both antheridia and archegonia borne upon the plant itself.
In Welwitschia also the megaspore is filled with prothallus-tissue, but single egg-cells take the place of archegonia.
The same moisture which caused the antheridia to open also brings about the opening of the archegonia.How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin