spermagonia

Variant of spermagonium

spermagonium definition

sper·ma·go·nium (-gō′nē əm)

noun pl. spermagonia -·nia (-nē ə)

Bot. a flasklike structure found in certain fungi and lichens, which produces small, nonmotile sperm cells (spermatia)

Etymology: ModL < LL sperma, sperm + ModL -gonium, -gonium

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