Meanings
plural antheridia
- biologyAn organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
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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.
2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan anteridi
- anteridibryophyte organ producing male gametes
Finnish siittiöpesäke, anteridio
- siittiöpesäkebryophyte organ producing male gametes
- anteridiobryophyte organ producing male gametes
French anthéridie
- anthéridiebryophyte organ producing male gametes
Irish antairidiam
- antairidiambryophyte organ producing male gametes
Latin anthēridium
- anthēridiumbryophyte organ producing male gametes
Polish plemnia
- plemniabryophyte organ producing male gametes
Portuguese anterídio
- anterídiobryophyte organ producing male gametes
Spanish anteridio
- anteridiobryophyte organ producing male gametes
Cite this entry
antheridium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antheridium
“antheridium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antheridium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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