antheridium

1. 1.

   the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers

   Broaderreproductive structure

Other forms of antheridium

plural

andtheridia

plural

antheridia

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about antheridium

What does antheridium mean?

antheridium means "the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers".

How many syllables are in antheridium?

antheridium has 5 syllables: an-the-ri-di-um. The stress falls on "ri".

Is antheridium a common word?

antheridium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.