archegonium (pl. archegonia, adj. archegonial, adj. archegoniate)
The flask-shaped female reproductive organs on the prothallium in the higher cryptogams corresponding to a pistil in the flowering plants and containing the egg which becomes the ...
archegonium -- The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the egg cell, and nurtures the young sporophyte.
Archegonium - The female equivalent of the Antheridium.
Asexual Reproduction - Reproduction by one sex via budding, fission, etc. resultant in genetically identical offspring.
 See also: Genera, Flower, Anther, Plant, Pistil
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