androgonium

noun

an·​dro·​go·​ni·​um

-ˈgōnēəm

plural androgonia

-ēə

: one of the group of cells that divide to produce androcytes and eventually spermatozoids (as in mosses and ferns)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from andr- + -gonium

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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