| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| archegonium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·che·go·ni·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k -g  n - m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ar·che·go·ni·a (-n-)
A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin, from Greek arkhegonos, original : arkhe-, arkhi-, archi- + gonos, offspring; see gen- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | arche·goni·al —ADJECTIVE
arche·goni·ate (-t) —ADJECTIVE
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