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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Archegonium \Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the first of a
   race.] (Bot.)
   The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic
   plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
   [1913 Webster]