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Definition of Spermatium
1. n. One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
Definition of Spermatium
1. Noun. One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spermatium
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Medical Definition of Spermatium
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Literary usage of Spermatium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"They are filiform, '005 to '009 in. long, by '0001 in. broad. The difference in
length being attributable to the degree of curvature of each spermatium, as, ..."
2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1899)
"(3) Fertilization consists only in the fusion of the protoplasm masses of the
spermatium and trichogyne. (4) After fertilization the cells of the ..."
3. An Introduction to Structural Botany by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1904)
"When a spermatium happens to reach the trichogyne it adheres to its gelatinous
cell-wall, and is thus held fast (see Fig. 90, s). ..."
4. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"He asserts that, together with the two nuclei which he finds in the spermatium,
a portion of the cytoplasm also enters the trichogyne, while the plasma ..."
5. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"D, sexual nuclei in act of fusing; an empty spermatium adheres to tip of trichogyne.
... the empty spermatium which has copulated with the trichogyne has ..."
6. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Sydney Howard Vines (1886)
"The spermatium (anthero- zoid) is brought passively into contact with the
trichogyne; complete fusion takes place so that the contents of the ..."
7. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The male reproductive organs are borne on the ends of filamentous branches, the
contents of each of which produce a single spermatium. ..."