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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Antheridium \An`ther*id"i*um\, n.; pl. Antheridia. [Anther + ? (a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

antheridium n 1: the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers