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antheridium

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌænθəˈrɪdɪəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an′thə rid′ē əm)

an•ther•id•i•um (an′thə rid′ē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ther•id•i•a (-thə rid′ē ə).USA pronunciation [Bot., Mycol.]

Botany, Fungia male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.

Neo-Latin; see anther, -idium
1850–55

an′ther•id′i•al, adj.

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antheridium /ˌænθəˈrɪdɪəm/, antherid /ˈænθərɪd/ n ( pl -ridia /-ˈrɪdɪə/, -rids)

the male sex organ of algae, fungi, bryophytes, and spore-bearing vascular plants, such as ferns, which produces antherozoids

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, diminutive of anthēra anther

'antheridium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

antherozoid - spermatozoid

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