OOGONIUM

Noun

oogonium (plural oogonia or oogoniums)

(biology) An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus

(botany) A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ö*go"ni*um, n.; pl. L. Oögonia, E. Oögoniums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oöspheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieæ and Peronosporeæ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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