Found 2 items, similar to archegonium.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: archegonium
archegonium
n : a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most
gymnosperms
[also:
archegonia (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Archegonium
Archegonium
\Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the first of a
race.] (Bot.)
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic
plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
[1913 Webster]