archegoniophore

noun

ar·​che·​go·​ni·​o·​phore

plural -s

: the stalk or other outgrowth of a prothallium upon which archegonia are borne (as in liverworts of the genus Marchantia) compare carpocephalum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin archegonium + English -o- + -phore

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