Usually means: Female reproductive structure in algae.
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▸ noun:  (botany, mycology) A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.

Similar:
oösphere, oogamete, oogonium, oospore, oosporangium, oogone, oöspore, oögonium, ovulum, oosperm, more...

Opposite:
androspore, spermatium, microspore

Types:
ovum, egg cell, female gamete, germ cell, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, uninucleate, mature, central, fertilised, multinucleate, passive

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Similar:
oösphere, oogamete, oogonium, oospore, oosporangium, oogone, oöspore, oögonium, ovulum, oosperm, more...

Opposite:
androspore, spermatium, microspore

Types:
ovum, egg cell, female gamete, germ cell, more...

Adjectives:
single, large, uninucleate, mature, central, fertilised, multinucleate, passive



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