Definition of Archegonia. Meaning of Archegonia. Synonyms of Archegonia

- An archegonium (pl.: archegonia), from the Ancient Gr**** ἀρχή ("beginning") and γόνος ("offspring"), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte...
- archegonia occur on the same plant and those in which they occur on different plants. The term monoicous may be used where antheridia and archegonia occur...
- (singular antheridium) and the egg-producing ones archegonia (singular archegonium). Antheridia and archegonia occur on the same gametophyte, which is then...
- haploid generation. The female gametophyte produces structures called archegonia, and the egg cells form within them via mitosis. The typical bryophyte...
- female (producing archegonia and hence egg cells). Monoicous: each individual gametophyte produces both antheridia and archegonia and can function both...
- rest and, in the spring of the second year archegonia form in the conelet. Fertilization of the archegonia occurs by early summer of the second year,...
- produced in antheridia and archegonia by mitosis. The sperm released from the antheridia respond to chemicals released by ripe archegonia and swim to them in...
- (the nucellus) surround the megagametophyte. Megagametophytes produce archegonia (lost in some groups such as flowering plants), which produce egg cells...
- antheridia (male) and archegonia (female) by mitosis. The sperm released from the antheridia respond to chemicals released by ripe archegonia and swim to them...
- The term gynoecium is also used by botanists to refer to a cluster of archegonia and any ****ociated modified leaves or stems present on a gametophyte shoot...