nematogone

English

Etymology

From nemat- +‎ -o- +‎ Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “offspring; seed”).

Noun

nematogone (plural nematogones)

  1. (bryology) A thin-walled reproductive cell found in the gemmae of certain mosses.
    • 1935, Penfold A R, Journal and Proceedings Of The Royal Society Of New South Wales Vol-lxviii‎[1], page 98 of Part I. GENERAL:
      I have not found any trace of germination in the filaments, but there can be no doubt that the terminal rounded cell can function as a nematogone, and probably the basal cell also, to judge by what happens in the European species B, capillare p. where the form and develop¬ ment of the brutfMen are, in the main, very similar.

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