ARCHEGONIUM (archegonia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: archegonia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does archegonium mean? 

• ARCHEGONIUM (noun)
  The noun ARCHEGONIUM has 1 sense:

1. a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms

  Familiarity information: ARCHEGONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHEGONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("archegonium" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Derivation:

archegonial (of or relating to an archegonium)