Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the archegonia formed at a point below and remote from the apex, as in the Anacrogynæ.
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- adjective botany Producing
archegonia fromcells other than theapical cell of a reproductive branch.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an, "not") + ἄκρος (akros, "tip") + γυνή (gynē, "female").
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Examples
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British genus, forms with the exotic _Calobryum_, an isolated group which is most naturally placed among the anacrogynous forms although the archegonia are in terminal groups.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Its thallus (fig. 7) has thin marginal lobes of limited growth, which are comparable to the more definite leaves of other anacrogynous forms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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