Meanings
adjectivearchegoniate (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyRelating to or possessing archegonia.
nounarchegoniate (plural archegoniates)
plural archegoniates
- Any organism having archegonia.
Hofmeister (1851) discovered alternation of generations and demonstrated the connection between the pteridophytes and the bryophytes, giving rise to the concept of the archegoniates.
1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 130
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adjectiveof or relating to an archegonium
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