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Trichogyne

Trich′o-gyne

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Noun.

[F., fr. Gr.

τρίξ

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τριχός

, hair + [GREEK] woman, female.]

(Bot.)

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

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Trichˊo-gyn′ic

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Adj.