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[-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. |
| 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-).] |
| sper·mo·go·ni·um (spûr'mə-gō'nē-əm) n. Variant of spermagonium. |