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Archegonial

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ar·che·go·ni·um  (ärk-gn-m)
n. pl. ar·che·go·ni·a (-n-)
A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.

[New Latin, from Greek arkhegonos, original : arkhe-, arkhi-, archi- + gonos, offspring; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

arche·goni·al adj.
arche·goni·ate (-t) adj.
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Adj.1.archegonial - of or relating to an archegonium
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants


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Hairs appeared on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the cushions in the archegonial regions as or after archegonia had formed.
Differences among species include spore size, germination time, formation time of the gametangia, gametophyte margin shape, number of archegonial neck cells and shapes of the antheridial
The length of the archegonial neck was about 70 [micro]m long.
 
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