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ascogonium definition

asco·go·nium (as′kō gō′nē əm)

noun pl. ascogonia -·nia (-ə)

Bot. the female reproductive structure in an ascomycetous fungus

Etymology: ModL < asco- + -gonium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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