archegoniate

English

Adjective

archegoniate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Relating to or possessing archegonia.

Noun

archegoniate (plural archegoniates)

  1. Any organism having archegonia.
    • 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:
      Hofmeister (1851) discovered alternation of generations and demonstrated the connection between the pteridophytes and the bryophytes, giving rise to the concept of the archegoniates.

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