"gametangium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gametangia [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|gametangia}} gametangium (plural gametangia)
  1. (botany, mycology) A gamete-producing organ or cell found in many multicellular protists, algae and fungi, and in the gametophytes of plants. Wikipedia link: gametangium Categories (topical): Botany, Mycology Translations (gamete-producing organ): sukusolupesäke (Finnish), gametangio [masculine] (Italian), гаметангий (gametangij) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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