antheridium
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
Example Sentences
- "Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple."
Etymology
From anther + -idium.