oogonium
one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to oocytes.
the one-celled female reproductive organ in certain thallophytes, usually a more or less spherical sac containing one or more eggs.
Origin of oogonium
1Other words from oogonium
- o·o·go·ni·al, adjective
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How to use oogonium in a sentence
It is seldom that more than one antheridium applies itself to an oogonium.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeMycelium present, antheridia with antherozoids, oogonium with single oosphere: Monoblepharidaceae.
oogonium with the central uninucleate oosphere and the fertilizing tube (a) of the antheridium which introduces the male nucleus.
British Dictionary definitions for oogonium
/ (ˌəʊəˈɡəʊnɪəm) /
an immature female germ cell forming oocytes by repeated divisions
a female sex organ of some algae and fungi producing female gametes (oospheres)
Derived forms of oogonium
- oogonial, adjective
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Scientific definitions for oogonium
[ ō′ə-gō′nē-əm ]
A female reproductive structure in certain algae and fungi. It is usually a rounded cell or sac containing one or more oospheres.
A cell that arises from a primordial germ cell and differentiates into an oocyte in the ovary of female animals.
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