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spermagonia

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sper⋅ma⋅go⋅ni⋅um

  [spur-muh-goh-nee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -ni⋅a  [-nee-uh] .
Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.

sper⋅mo⋅go⋅ni⋅um

  [spur-muh-goh-nee-uhm]
–noun, plural -ni⋅a  [-nee-uh] . Botany, Mycology.
one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
Also, spermagonium.

Origin:
1855–60; < NL; see spermo-, -gonium
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sper·ma·go·ni·um also sper·mo·go·ni·um   (spûr'mə-gō'nē-əm)   
n.   pl. sper·ma·go·ni·a also sper·mo·go·ni·a (-nē-ə)
A cup-shaped cavity or receptacle in which the spermatia of certain lichens and fungi are produced.

[New Latin : sperma, sperm; see sperm1 + -gonium, seed, cell (from Greek gonos, seed; see gono-).]
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