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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oogonium /ˌəʊəˈgəʊnɪəm/

▶noun (pl. oogonia)

1 Botany the female sex organ of certain algae and fungi.

2 Biology an immature female reproductive cell that gives rise to primary oocytes by mitosis.

– origin C19: from oo- + Gk gonos ‘generation’ + -ium.

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