trichogyne
Meanings
noun
- The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red seaweeds, lichens and fungi.
Word forms
Etymology
French, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)
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