Archegonium

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  • noun. A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, liverworts, ferns, and most gymnosperms.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The pistillidium or female organ of the higher cryptogams, having the same function as the pistil in flowering plants.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
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  • noun. a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
    • Word Usage
    "The archegonium is the female reproductive organ, which produces eggs."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    antheridium  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plant organ  
    variant
    archegonia  
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