Antheridium

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  • noun. A sperm-producing organ occurring in seedless plants, fungi, and algae.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, the organ in cryptogamic plants which answers to the anther in the phanerogamic series. It assumes various forms and positions in the different groups. Also called antherid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
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  • noun. An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in lower plants.
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  • noun. the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers
    • Word Usage
    "In Bryophytes, the antheridium is the male sex organ, which produces sperm."
    cross-reference
    archegonium  
    Form
    antheridial  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure  
    variant
    andtheridia  antheridia  spermary  
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