Meaning of archegonium | Babel Free

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A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.

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“On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.”

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