The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oogonium \O`["o]*go"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. O["o]gonia, E. O["o]goniums. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an egg + ? offspring.] (Bot.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing o["o]spheres, as in the rockweeds ( Fucus), and the orders Vaucherie[ae] and Peronospore[ae].
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context biology English) An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus 2 (context botany English) A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi. n. 1 (context biology English) An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus 2 (context botany English) A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
Wikipedia
An oogonium (plural oogonia) is a small diploid cell which on maturation forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female gametangium of certain thallophytes.
Usage examples of "oogonium".
What she was hoping to do was to ascertain the origin of the oogonia and the oocytes they were culturing and maturing.
She hemmed and hawed and again tried to change the subject back to the oogonia cultures, but Joanna was insistent.
The oogonia cultures are soon going to make these full ovary cultures passe.