archegonium

English

Etymology

From arche- +‎ -gonium.

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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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.

Coordinate terms

• antheridium, oogonium

Derived terms

• archegonial

 

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