Hypertext Webster Gateway: "archegonium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Archegonium \Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the first of a
race.] (Bot.)
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic
plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
archegonium
n : a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most
gymnosperms
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