trichogyne

American  

[trik-uh-jahyn, -jin] / ˈtrɪk əˌdʒaɪn, -dʒɪn /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

1. a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.

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trichogyne British  

/ -dʒɪn, ˈtrɪkəˌdʒaɪn /

noun

1. a hairlike projection of the female reproductive organs of certain algae, fungi, and lichens, which receives the male gametes before fertilization takes place

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trichogyne Scientific  

/ trĭk′ə-jīn′,-gīn′ /

1. A hairlike terminal process forming the receptive part of the female reproductive structure (called the gametangium) in red algae and certain ascomycete and basidiomycete fungi. Male gametes attach themselves to the trichogyne.

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Other Word Forms

• trichogynial adjective
• trichogynic adjective

Etymology

Origin of trichogyne

First recorded in 1870–75; tricho- + -gyne, from Greek gynḗ “woman”; gyneco- ( def. )

Example Sentences

Occasionally one of these spermatozoids may be found attached to the trichogyne, and in this way fertilization is effected.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

In Dudresnaya, on the other hand, the spermatozoid coalesces indeed with the trichogyne, but this does not develop further.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

In Coleochæte, the male cell is a round spermatozoid, and the female cell an oosphere contained in the base of a cell which is elongated into an open and hair-like tube called the trichogyne.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various