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nouna female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnospermstype of:
Definition that contains archegonium
- embryo (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- acrocarpous moss a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
- archegonial of or relating to an archegonium
- pleurocarp a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
- pleurocarpous moss a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
- acrocarp a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
- archegoniate of or relating to an archegonium