archegonium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms

WordNet

Ar`che*go"ni*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the first of a race.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

Webster 1913