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Used especially of lower plants
Answer for the clue "Used especially of lower plants ", 8 letters:
oosphere
Word definitions for oosphere in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oosphere \O"["o]*sphere\ ([=o]"[-o]*sf[=e]r), n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + E. sphere.] (Bot.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an o["o]gonium. Note: After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A large nonmotile egg cell formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. used especially of lower plants