archegoniate
|ar-che-go-ni-ate|
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/ˌɑːrkəˈɡoʊniˌeɪt/
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/ˌɑːkɪˈɡəʊniˌeɪt/
bearing/producing archegonia (female reproductive organs)
Etymology
'archegoniate' originates from New Latin/botanical coinage, formed from 'archegonium' + the English/Latin-derived suffix '-ate' (used to form adjectives/verbs meaning 'having' or 'to make').
'archegonium' comes from Greek 'arkhē' (meaning 'beginning' or 'origin') + 'gonē' (meaning 'seed' or 'offspring'); the Neo-Latin botanical term 'archegonium' was adopted in modern biology, and the adjective/verb 'archegoniate' was formed from that base in later botanical English.
Initially the Greek-derived root referred to an 'origin' or 'seed/offspring' and 'archegonium' denoted the 'female origin' or reproductive organ; over time the derived English adjective/verb 'archegoniate' came to mean specifically 'bearing or producing archegonia'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
to produce or develop archegonia; to bear female reproductive organs (used chiefly in botanical contexts).
Under humid conditions the prothallus may archegoniate and form egg-producing structures.
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Adjective 1
bearing or having archegonia (the female sexual organs of certain non-flowering plants such as mosses, liverworts, ferns and some gymnosperms).
Many bryophyte species are archegoniate, producing archegonia on their gametophytes.
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