What's the difference between archegonial and archegonium?
Archegonial
Definition:
(a.) Relating to the archegonium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first mitochondrial-encoded gene of an archegoniate has been identified, cloned and sequenced.
(2) The level of pyrimidine clusters (isopliths) and distribution of 5-methylcytosine in DNAs of some archegonial (ferns, ginkgo) and flowering (cordyline, tulip, wheat) plants has been studied.
(3) Absence of outer arms therefore appears to be a common feature of the archegoniate plants.
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.