Archegonium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Archegonium \Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the first of a
     race.] (Bot.)
     The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic
     plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  archegonium
       n : a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most
           gymnosperms
       [also: {archegonia} (pl)]