ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgōnēəm noun
( plural carpogo·nia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from carp- (I) + -gonium
1.
a. : the flask-shaped egg-bearing portion of the female reproductive branch in some thallophytes (as the red algae) in which fertilization occurs and which usually terminates in an elongate receptive trichogyne
b. : procarp
2. : ascogonium