— archegonial, archegoniate /ahr'ki goh"nee it, -ayt'/ , adj.
/ahr'ki goh"nee euhm/ , n. , pl. archegonia /-nee euh/ . Bot.
the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
[ 1850-55; archegon- ( archégonos first of a race; see ARCHE-, GONO-) + -ium -ion dim. suffix ]