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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTHERIDIUM

From New Latin, diminutive of anthēraanther.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTHERIDIUM

antheridium  [ˌænθəˈrɪdɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTHERIDIUM

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Antheridium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTHERIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antheridium

An antheridium or antherida is a haploid structure or organ producing and containing male gametes. It is present in the gametophyte phase of cryptogams like bryophytes and ferns, and also in the primitive vascular psilotophytes. Many algae and some fungi, for example ascomycetes and water moulds, also have antheridia during their reproductive stages. An antheridium typically consists of sterile cells and spermatogenous tissue. The sterile cells may form a central support structure or surround the spermatogenous tissue as a protective jacket. The spermatogenous cells give rise to spermatids via mitotic cell division. In bryophytes, the antheridium is borne on an antheridiophore, a stalk-like structure that carries the antheridium at its apex. In many gymnosperms and all angiosperms, the male gametophytes have been reduced to pollen grains and their antheridia have been reduced to a single generative cell within the pollen grain. During pollination, this generative cell divides and gives rise to two sperm nuclei. The female counterpart to the antheridium is the archegonium.

Definition of antheridium in the English dictionary

The definition of antheridium in the dictionary is the male sex organ of algae, fungi, bryophytes, and spore-bearing vascular plants, such as ferns, which produces antherozoids.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTHERIDIUM


caladium
kəˈleɪdɪəm
clostridium
klɒˈstrɪdɪəm
cryptosporidium
ˌkrɪptəʊspɔːˈrɪdɪəm
cymbidium
sɪmˈbɪdɪəm
hesperidium
ˌhɛspəˈrɪdɪəm
idiom
ˈɪdɪəm
iridium
aɪˈrɪdɪəm
nephridium
nɪˈfrɪdɪəm
oncidium
ɒnˈsɪdɪəm
osmiridium
ˌɒzmɪˈrɪdɪəm
palladium
pəˈleɪdɪəm
peridium
pəˈrɪdɪəm
platiniridium
ˌplætɪnɪˈrɪdɪəm
presidium
prɪˈsɪdɪəm
radium
ˈreɪdɪəm
rubidium
ruːˈbɪdɪəm
sphaeridium
sfɪəˈrɪdɪəm
sporidium
spɔːˈrɪdɪəm
stadium
ˈsteɪdɪəm
vanadium
vəˈneɪdɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTHERIDIUM

anthelices
anthelion
anthelix
anthelminthic
anthelmintic
anthem
anthemia
anthemic
anthemion
anthemis
anthemwise
anther
antheral
antherid
antheridia
antheridial
antherozoid
antherozooid
anthersmut
anthesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTHERIDIUM

aecidium
ascidium
aspidium
basidium
chromidium
coccidium
conidium
cormidium
ctenidium
glochidium
gonidium
medium
miracidium
ommatidium
praesidium
pycnidium
pycnoconidium
pygidium
pyxidium
stichidium
venidium

Synonyms and antonyms of antheridium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antheridium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTHERIDIUM

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The translations of antheridium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antheridium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精子器
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Translator English - Spanish

antheridium
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antheridium
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Translator English - Hindi

antheridium
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المعفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антеридий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anterídio
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Translator English - Bengali

antheridium
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Translator English - French

anthéridie
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Translator English - Malay

Antheridium
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Translator English - German

Antheridium
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Translator English - Japanese

antheridium
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Translator English - Korean

antheridium
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Translator English - Javanese

Antheridium
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đực
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Translator English - Tamil

antheridium
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Translator English - Marathi

ऍनेडीडिअम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anterozoit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anteridio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antheridium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антеридій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antheridium
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Translator English - Greek

αμφίγυνο
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Translator English - Afrikaans

antheridium
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Translator English - Swedish

antheridium
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Translator English - Norwegian

antheridium
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Trends of use of antheridium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHERIDIUM»

The term «antheridium» is normally little used and occupies the 148.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHERIDIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antheridium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTHERIDIUM»

Discover the use of antheridium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antheridium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Competition Science Vision
Sexual reproduction — In Riccia sexual reproduction occurs by means of male and female sex organs called, antheridia and archegonia respectively. Antheridium — The mature antheridium is an elongated structure consisting of an ovoid or ...
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University Botany I : (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta And Pteridophyta)
Structure and development of Antheridium : Mature antheridium consists of a small stalk and elongated club shaped antheridium. The wall of the antheridium consists of single layer of jacket cells. Inside the jacket layer is a mass of androcytes.
S.M. Reddy, 2001
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Biology of Bryophytes
GAMETANGIA ANTHERIDIUM In the parenchymatous cells of the antheridial wall of Sphagnum the main components are nucleus, starch-laden plastids. mitochondria, fat bodies, tubules, Golgi bodies, vesicles, and granules (Manton, 1957).
R. N. Chopra, 1988
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Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams
The male and female reproductive structures are known as antheridium and oogonium respectively. Some species of Phytophthora (e.g., P. himalayensis) are homothallic, whereas the others (e.g., P. palmivora, P. infestans) heterothallic.
Singh
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Systematics and Evolution
P. The Antheridium and the Fertilization Process The morphology and morphogenesis of the antheridium (Figs. 15, 16. 19) are simpler than those of the oogonium. and the antheridial wall is seldom much thicker than that of the subtending ...
David J. McLaughlin, Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, 2001
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A Morphological Study of Some Members of the Genus Pallavicinia
The young antheridium arises very near the apex of the thallus, as a single large cell, projecting from the side of the midrib (Fig. 1o, A). The first division wall is transverse, and separates a basal cell which takes no part in the development of  ...
A Morphological Study of Some Members of the Genus Pallavicinia, 1914
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Krishna's Diversity of Microbes, Fungi & Lichens
A young antheridium is thin walled and multinucleate. The an tkeridium is separated by a septum from its stalk. The mature antheridium is funnel-shaped and form a collar like structure at the base of mature oogonium (Fig.5.9A-D, Fig. 5.10F-H) ...
Dr. D. K. Awasthi
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Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes
This precocious antheridium formation is under phytochrome control. Interestingly enough, antheridia appear on gametophytes grown in light only in the presence of antheridiogen. These results have led to the suggestion that induction of ...
V. Raghavan, 2005
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Pteridophyta
Pooja. Antheridial initial Antheridial initial Primary androgonial Jacket cells / ce|| Jacket Primary androgonial cell Flagella Antherozoid Fig. 6. 10. Stages in development of antheridium of Equisetum telmateia. A, B — Early stages in the ...
Pooja, 2004
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Botany for Degree Students Part-III: Bryophyta
To its posterior end is attached a vesicle-like structure consisting of a cytoplasmic matrix. (ii) Dehiscence (Fig. 16. 12). The mature antheridium dehisces following absorption of water. B A C The jacket cells 'of the_swollen antheridium undergo ...
B R Vashishta, A K Sinha, Adarsh Kumar, 2011

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTHERIDIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antheridium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Swollen Members - Brand New Day
... triplet deliveries, and sprinkle in random references to everything from Star Wars Storm Troopers to goblins and antheridium isotopes. «HipHopDX, Jun 14»
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Moss: Beautiful, but misunderstood
The green plant we see is the sexual stage, which produces gametes (sperm-antheridium and egg-archegonium). Moisture is necessary for ... «Timesonline.com, May 14»
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How Mosses Have Sex in Spite of Their Swimming-Challenged Sperm
The small sperm are weak swimmers and carry limited energy for their travels. Once released from the antheridium, the clock begins to count ... «Scientific American, Jul 12»

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