trichogyne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red seaweeds, lichens and fungi.

Word forms

trichogyne trichogynes

Etymology

French, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)

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