Definition of Archegoniate

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an archegonium.

Exact synonyms: Archegonial
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Partainyms: Archegonium, Archegonium
Derivative terms: Archegonium

Definition of Archegoniate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archegoniate

archduchesses
archduchies
archduchy
archduke
archdukedom
archdukedoms
archdukes
archeal
archebacterium
archebiosis
arched
arched crest
arched root
archegonia
archegonial
archegoniate (current term)
archegoniates
archegonium
archegony
archei
archelogical
archencephala
archencephalon
archencephalons
archenemies
archenemy
archentera

Literary usage of Archegoniate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"A comparison of the successive families of the archegoniate series suggests the progress of the sporophyte, from small beginnings, as illustrated in the ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"The general facts regarding alternation of generations in archegoniate ... At no stage do the two generations in any archegoniate closely resemble one ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"To make the archegoniate plants a parallel instance, it would be necessary to assume that what is now ... A Theory of the Strobilus in archegoniate Plants. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"The general conclusion reached is that, while both afford a possible explanation of the facts of alternation in archegoniate plants, any evidence which ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In comparing algae with the great archegoniate series which has doubtless sprung from them, it is natural to inquire to what extent, if any, they present ..."

6. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae) by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION UNDER the name archegoniate are included a large number ... The antheridium or male organ of the archegoniate, while it shows a good ..."

7. Fossil Botany: Being an Introduction to Palaeophytology from the Standpoint by Hermann Solms-Laubach, Henry Edward Fowler Garnsey (1891)
"... was entirely opposed to the assumption of a secondary growth in thickness in archegoniate plants, and suggested the separation of Cala- ..."

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