oosphere
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These are of the ordinary type of those organs, namely, a broad lower portion, containing a naked oosphere and a long narrow neck with a central canal leading to the oosphere.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
The protoplasm in one of these protuberances arranges itself into a round mass--the oosphere or female cell.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
In Coleochæte, the male cell is a round spermatozoid, and the female cell an oosphere contained in the base of a cell which is elongated into an open and hair-like tube called the trichogyne.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
Guided by the synergidae one male-cell passes into the oosphere with which it fuses, the two nuclei uniting, while the other fuses with the definitive nucleus, or, as it is also called, the endosperm nucleus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
In Cystopus Bliti the oosphere contains numerous nuclei, and all the male nuclei from the antheridium pass into it, the male and female nuclei then fusing in pairs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
