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Meaning of "gametangium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GAMETANGIUM

New Latin, from gameto- + Greek angeion vessel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GAMETANGIUM

gametangium  [ˌɡæmɪˈtændʒɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAMETANGIUM

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determiner
exclamation
Gametangium 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 GAMETANGIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gametangium

A gametangium is an organ or cell in which gametes are produced that is found in many multicellular protists, algae, fungi, and the gametophytes of plants. In contrast to gametogenesis in animals, a gametangium is a haploid structure and formation of gametes does not involve meiosis.

Definition of gametangium in the English dictionary

The definition of gametangium in the dictionary is an organ or cell in which gametes are produced, esp in algae and fungi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAMETANGIUM


collegium
kəˈliːdʒɪəm
contagium
kənˈteɪdʒɪəm
eryngium
ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm
eulogium
juːˈləʊdʒɪəm
fastigium
fæˈstɪdʒɪəm
florilegium
ˌflɔːrɪˈliːdʒɪəm
horologium
ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm
macrosporangium
ˌmækrəʊspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
megasporangium
ˌmɛɡəspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
microsporangium
ˌmaɪkrəʊspɔːˈrændʒɪəm
patagium
pəˈteɪdʒɪəm
plagium
ˈpleɪdʒɪəm
pterygium
təˈrɪdʒɪəm
refugium
rɪˈfjuːdʒɪəm
sporangium
spəˈrændʒɪəm
synangium
sɪˈnændʒɪəm
tetrasporangium
ˌtɛtrəspəˈrændʒɪəm
uropygium
ˌjʊərəˈpɪdʒɪəm
vestigium
vɛˈstɪdʒɪəm
zoosporangium
ˌzəʊəspɔːˈrændʒɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAMETANGIUM

gamesomely
gamesomeness
gamester
gamesy
gametal
gametangia
gametangial
gamete
gamete intrafallopian transfer
gametic
gametically
gametocyte
gametogenesis
gametogenic
gametogenous
gametogeny
gametophore
gametophoric
gametophyte
gametophytic

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAMETANGIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
equilibrium
gymnasium
lithium
magnesium
medium
millennium
podium
premium
seaborgium
sodium
stadium
symposium
titanium

Synonyms and antonyms of gametangium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gametangium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAMETANGIUM

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

Translator English - Chinese

gametangium
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gametangio
570 millions of speakers

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gametangium
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Translator English - Hindi

gametangium
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

معرس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gametangium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gametângio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gametangium
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Translator English - French

gametangium
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Translator English - Malay

Gametangium
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Translator English - German

Gametangium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

配偶子嚢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gametangium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gametangium
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gametangium
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Translator English - Tamil

gametangium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जुमेटॅन्गियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gametangium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gametangium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gametangium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gametangium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gametangium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

gametangium
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gametangium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gametangium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

gametangium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gametangium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAMETANGIUM»

The term «gametangium» is used very little and occupies the 176.366 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAMETANGIUM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMETANGIUM»

Discover the use of gametangium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gametangium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams
male gametangium female gametangium s warmers Fig. 2. Allomyces macrogynous: Position of male and female gametangia. After liberating from the mitosporangia the zoospores swim about for a while, come to rest, round up and secrete a ...
Singh
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Introduction To Fungi, 3E
The smaller cyst acts as the male gametangium and the bigger one as the female gametangium. The male gametangium puts out a slender lateral filament, the conjugation tube, which, on contact with the female gametangium, enlarges at the ...
H C Dube, 2009
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A Textbook of Fungi
Gametangia are easily distinguishable as male and female, with the narrow, elongated male gametangium being borne on the rounded, large female gametangium. A number of uniflagellate gametes are formed with in the male gametangium ...
Rajni Gupta, 2004
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Textbook of Algae
Through this passage the contents of one cell (behaving as male gametangium) pass towards the other cell (behaving as female gametangium). The contents amalgamate, and after the processes of plasmogamy and karyogamy a diploid ...
O. P. Sharma, 1986
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Objective Botany
Now the male gamete moves into the female gametangium through the conjugation canal and fuses with the female gamete to form the zygospore. It is commonly seen in S. affinis, S. tenuissima etc. III. Scalariform Conjugation : It involves two ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
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Biology
The sex organs, or gametangia (sing., gametangium), of most plants are multicellular, whereas the gametangia of algae are unicellular (FIG. 27-1). Each plant gametangium has a layer of sterile (nonreproductive) cells that surrounds and ...
Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana Martin, 2014
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
When the gametes are released, only the wall of the original cell remains. (c,d) In plants, gametangia are multicellular, but only the inner cells become gametes. A protective layer of sterile (nonreproductive) cells surrounds the gametangium.
Linda Berg, 2007
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Systematics and Evolution
M. Oogamy A generally accepted definition of oogamous sexual reproduction is the production of an egg (oosphere or female gamete) in an oogonium (receptor gametangium) (Figs. 14-25). The occurrence of multiple synchronous meioses in  ...
David J. McLaughlin, Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, 2001
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CROP DISEASES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
In the latter case, the male gametangium is called antheridium (Gr. antheros = flowery + idion = dimin, suffix) and female gametangium is called the oogonium ( Gr. oon = egg + gonos = off spring). Sexual reproduction involves fusion/union of  ...
H. S. CHAUBE, V. S. PUNDHIR, 2005
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The Genus Coelomomyces
The gametophyte becomes the gametangium, and after dehiscence all that remains is the transparent wall-like sheath that bounded the gametophyte as it de — veloped. In C. dodgei and C. punctatus, gametogenesis and most of the synthesis ...
John Couch, 1985

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« EDUCALINGO. Gametangium [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gametangium>. Apr 2024 ».
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