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ARCHEGONIUM
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Irregular inflected form: archegonia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
Classified under:
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)