spermatium

[spur-mey-shee-uhm]

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noun

plural

spermatia

Botany.��the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
Mycology.��a minute, colorless cell, of certain fungi and lichens, believed to be a male reproductive body, developed within spermogonia.

spermatium

/ ��ɜːˈ��ɪ��ɪə�� /

noun

a nonmotile male reproductive cell in red algae and some fungi

spermatium

plural

spermatia

A nonmotile cell in red algae and certain ascomycete fungi that functions as a male gamete.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spermatium¹

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek ��á�پ��ǲ�, equivalent to spermat- (stem of ��é�� ) sperm ¹ + -ion -ium

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spermatium¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek spermation a little seed; see _sperm ¹

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If a spermatium lands on this filament, it will fertilize the structure, which will go on to produce a chamber packed with long, skinny two-celled spores.

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