Definition of Gametangia

1. Noun. (plural of gametangium) ¹

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Definition of Gametangia

1. gametangium [n] - See also: gametangium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gametangia

gamesome
gamesomely
gamesomeness
gamesomenesses
gamespace
gamespaces
gamesplayer
gamesplayers
gamest
gamester
gamesters
gamestress
gamestresses
gamesy
gametal
gametangia (current term)
gametangium
gametes
gametic
gametic nucleus
gametically
gameto-
gametocide
gametocides
gametocyst
gametocytes
gametoecium

Literary usage of Gametangia

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The compound gametangium or sporangium is an aggregate of several or many (rarely reduced to one) simple gametangia or sporangia surrounded by one or more ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"(b) The gametangia. The general morphology of the gametangia is very much the same as that of the sporangia. With regard io the terminology employed in ..."

3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"It seems possible to arrange a series of pairing gametangia, ranging from such inequality in size that the pair may be regarded as an oogonium and an ..."

4. Elementary Studies in Botany by John Merle Coulter (1913)
"The gametes and the gametangia usually look alike (Fig. 28, B) and behave alike, but it is found that the mycelia are sexually different. ..."

5. Codium by Robert John Harvey-Gibson, Helen P. Auld (1900)
"These gametangia (?) we found in all stages of development. ... On the other hand, the gametangia may regularly, after reaching a certain stage in ..."

6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"If now these spherical cells (gametangia) are placed in water, the contents ... Finally, if the gametangia are at once placed on damp soil, their contents ..."

7. Investigations representing the departments by University of Chicago, E.F. Young, John Dewey (1903)
"We cannot suppose that such gametangia were highly socialized. ... The gametangia could not form and discharge motile gametes excepting when wet, ..."

8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The compound gametangium or sporangium is an aggregate of several or many (rarely reduced to one) simple gametangia or sporangia surrounded by one or more ..."

9. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"(b) The gametangia. The general morphology of the gametangia is very much the same as that of the sporangia. With regard io the terminology employed in ..."

10. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"It seems possible to arrange a series of pairing gametangia, ranging from such inequality in size that the pair may be regarded as an oogonium and an ..."

11. Elementary Studies in Botany by John Merle Coulter (1913)
"The gametes and the gametangia usually look alike (Fig. 28, B) and behave alike, but it is found that the mycelia are sexually different. ..."

12. Codium by Robert John Harvey-Gibson, Helen P. Auld (1900)
"These gametangia (?) we found in all stages of development. ... On the other hand, the gametangia may regularly, after reaching a certain stage in ..."

13. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"If now these spherical cells (gametangia) are placed in water, the contents ... Finally, if the gametangia are at once placed on damp soil, their contents ..."

14. Investigations representing the departments by University of Chicago, E.F. Young, John Dewey (1903)
"We cannot suppose that such gametangia were highly socialized. ... The gametangia could not form and discharge motile gametes excepting when wet, ..."

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