Spermogonium Definition

spʉrməgōnēəm
spermagonia, spermogonia
noun
A cup-shaped reproductive structure in which spermatia and specialized hyphae are produced in certain fungi, especially rust fungi.
American Heritage Medicine

Spermagonium.

Webster's New World

(lichenology) A conceptacle of certain lichens, containing spermatia.

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Other Word Forms of Spermogonium

Noun

Singular:
spermogonium
Plural:
spermogonia

Origin of Spermogonium

  • New Latin sperma sperm sperm1 -gonium seed, cell, reproductive structure of a fungus or plant (from Greek gonos seed gono–)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • spermo- + Ancient Greek offspring.

    From Wiktionary

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