antheridium

/an-thuh-rid-ee-uhm/US // ˌæn θəˈrɪd i əm //UK // (ˌænθəˈrɪdɪəm) //

花药,花药组,花药片,花药头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural an·ther·id·i·a [an-thuh-rid-ee-uh]. /ˌæn θəˈrɪd i ə/. Botany, Mycology.
- : a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.

These particles become globose cells, grouped in the centre of the antheridium.
It is seldom that more than one antheridium applies itself to an oogonium.
It is remarkable that amongst these fungi the tube projected by the antheridium effects fecundation only by contact.
Oogonium with the central uninucleate oosphere and the fertilizing tube (a) of the antheridium which introduces the male nucleus.
One of the minute organs developed in an antheridium, corresponding to pollen-grains.