archegoniumn.
/ɑːkɪˈɡəʊnɪəm/ Botany.
The female organ in Cryptogams, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
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archegonium1854
pistillidium1854
oogonium1867
trichogyne1875
procarp1877
venter1887
1854 J. H. Balfour in Encycl. Brit. V. 156/1 The pistillidium or archegonium contains a germ-cell..which produces a germinating body.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 19 The archegon..is flask-shaped.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 288.
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