What's the difference between acrocarpous and archegonium?

Acrocarpous


Definition:

  • (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.
  • (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

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Archegonium


Definition:

  • (n.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It moves down the neck of the archegonium into the cavity above the egg.

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