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Definition of: ascogonium
(as′kə·gō′nē·əm) noun plural ·ni·a (-nē·ə) Bot.
The female reproductive organ before fertilization in certain of the lower cryptogams. [<NL <Gk. askos bag + gonos offspring]
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