antheridium
Definitions
An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
Equivalents
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Examples
“Ascodesmis is a third type⟳ which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type⟳ from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple.”
CEFR level
C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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