oogonium Meaning, Definition & Usage

O`ö*go"ni*um noun (Also<
  • Oogonium
  • Oögonium
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. an egg + offspring.
Wordforms
plural L Oögonia E Oögoniums
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oöspheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieæ and Peronosporeæ.

Webster 1913