Definition of Carpogonia

1. carpogonium [n] - See also: carpogonium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpogonia

carpholite
carphologia
carphology
carphone
carphones
carpi
carping
carpingly
carpings
carpitis
carplane
carplanes
carplike
carpocarpal
carpogenic
carpogonia (current term)
carpogonial
carpogonium
carpoid
carpoids
carpolite
carpolites
carpological
carpologies
carpologist
carpologists
carpology
carpometacarpal
carpometacarpal joint of thumb
carpometacarpal joints

Literary usage of Carpogonia

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

1. The evolution of plant life, lower forms by George Massee (1891)
"A single fertilizing-tube frequently fertilizes several carpogonia, ... In some genera, as Polysiphonia, the carpogonia project from the thallus, ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Plant several centimeters long; occasionally dioecious, the antheridia at the ends of accessory branches, the carpogonia frequently near the axis; ..."

3. Botany for High Schools and Colleges by Charles Edwin Bessey (1880)
"The carpogonia arc somewhat variable as to their complexity, being much more simple in the lower orders than in the higher. ..."

4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1876)
"Almost simultaneously, the discovery of antheridia and carpogonia in species of Coprinus, a kind of toadstool growing on dung, has been announced by ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Fertilization takes place with the fusion of gamete nuclei in the carpogonia and these cells develop the sporophyte generations. The fusion of fertilized ..."

6. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"... BAUK (") have shown, from carpogonia or female sexual organs which arc frequently present in large numbers on young lobes of the thallus. ..."

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