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synergid definition

syn·er·gid (si nʉr′jid, sin′ər-)

noun

either of the two cells that lie alongside of the egg cell in the embryo sac of flowering plants

Etymology: ModL synergida < Gr synergein, to work together (see synergy) + ModL -ida, sing. of -idae (see -idae)

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