Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the minute body produced in the antheridium of cryptogams by which the female organs are fertilized.
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- noun (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
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- noun botany One of the
mobile male reproductive bodies in theantheridia ofcryptogams .
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- noun a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
Etymologies
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Examples
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The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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Those which are of two kinds are, first, a generally aggressive and motile fertilizing or so-called "male cell," called in its typical form an _antherozoid_; and, second, a passive and motionless receptive or so-called "female cell," called an _oosphere_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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What! The sporule of a scrap of moss requires an antherozoid before it is fit to germinate; and the ovule of a Scolia, that proud huntress, can dispense with the equivalent in order to hatch and produce a male?
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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- Botany, male, pollen-bearing organ of flower. antheral, adj. antherozoid, n. male sexual element in lower plants; spermatozoid.
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