SPERMATIUM


Meaning of SPERMATIUM in English

/sperr may"shee euhm/ , n. , pl. spermatia /-shee euh/ .

1. Bot. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.

2. Mycol. a minute, colorless cell, of certain fungi and lichens, believed to be a male reproductive body, developed within spermogonia.

[ 1855-60; spermátion, equiv. to spermat- (s. of spérma ) SPERM 1 + -ion -IUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .