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Multicellular vs Archegonium - What's the difference?

multicellular | archegonium |

As nouns the difference between multicellular and archegonium

is that multicellular is such an organism while archegonium is (botany) a multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.

As an adjective multicellular

is (biology|of an organism) that has many cells, often differentiated in function.

multicellular

English

Adjective

(Multicellular organism) (-)
  • (biology, of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

    • Antonyms

    * unicellular

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such an organism

    • archegonium

    English

    Noun

    (archegonia)
  • (botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
  • *
    • On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.

    Antonyms

    * (reproductive structure) antheridium

    Coordinate terms

    * antheridium, oogonium

    See also

    * venter