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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the peculiar migratory antheridium occurring in the suborder (Edogonieæ of Algæ, which attaches itself near or upon an oögonium and becomes a miniature plant, developing antherozoids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
spore withmale functions , in somealgae .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek man + seed.
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