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Oogonium
‖
Oˊo-go′ni-um
,Noun.
pl. L.
Oogonia
(#)
, E. Oogoniums
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
ω,ὄν
an egg + [GREEK] offspring.] (Bot.)
A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (
Fucus
), and the orders Vaucherieae
and Peronosporeae
.