n. pl. car·po·go·ni·a The flask-shaped female gamete of a red alga, having a trichogyne at one end. [New Latin, from Greek karpogonos, bearing fruit : karpos, fruit; see CARPO- + gonos, offspring; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] car′po·goni·al adj. |
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