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noun
A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, mycology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: ooplast
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a gamete; used especially of lower plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gamete
History
PIE word *h2ōwyóm From oo- (prefix denoting something relating to eggs or ova) + -sphere, modelled after French oosphère.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
