Definitions
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- In botany, having the archegonia formed from or near the apical cell, as in the Acrogynæ.
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- adjective botany Producing
archegonia from theapical cell of a reproductive branch.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (akros, "tip") + γυνή (gynē, "female").
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