ascogonium
noun
as·co·go·ni·um ˌa-skə-ˈgō-nē-əm 
plural ascogonia ˌa-skə-ˈgō-nē-ə
: the female sex organ in ascomycetous fungi
Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
ascogonium
noun
as·co·go·ni·um ˌas-kə-ˈgō-nē-əm
plural ascogonia -nē-ə
: the fertile basal often one-celled portion of an archicarp
broadly : archicarp
- fossicking
- fossicks
- fossiform
- fossil
- Fossil Butte National Monument
- fossil copal
- fossil flour
- fossil fuel
- fossil ivory
- fossil man
- fossil oil
- fossil ore
- fossil resin
- fossil turquoise
- fossil-fueled
- fossiliferous
- fossilification
- fossilify
- fossilisation
- fossilisations
- fossilise
- fossilised
- fossilises
- fossilising
- fossilist