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Noun antheridium has 1 sense
  1. antheridium - the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers
    --1 is a kind of     reproductive structure

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Antheridium

Definition:

Antheridium is a structure in plants and some algae that produces and releases male gametes or sperm cells for reproduction.

Examples:

Noun:

  1. The antheridium of a fern releases sperm cells into the environment.
  2. The antheridium is a crucial part of the reproductive process in mosses.

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