Trich"o*gyne (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. , , hair + woman, female.] Bot.

The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.

-- Trich`o*gyn"ic (#), a.

 

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