| 释义 |
sper·ma·ti·um
\(ˌ)spərˈmāshēəm\ noun
(plural sperma·tia \-ēə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spermation, diminutive of spermat-, sperma sperm — more at sperm
1. : a nonmotile male gamete of a red alga that conjugates with the egg in the carpogonium
2. : a nonmotile cell developed in various fungi and lichens by abstriction from a sterigma within a spermagonium and apparently functioning as a male gamete though sometimes considered a conidium (as a pycnospore) |