oogonium
noun
oo·go·ni·um
ˌō-ə-ˈgō-nē-əm
plural oogonia
ˌō-ə-ˈgō-nē-ə
1
: a female sexual organ in various algae and fungi that corresponds to the archegonium of ferns and mosses
2
: a descendant of a primordial germ cell that gives rise to oocytes
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