"Spermatozoid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seed. Associated Words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... form, but are much smaller, and without chlorophyll. When ripe they are discharged from the cells in which they were formed, and enter the ooegonium. By careful observation the student may possibly be able to follow the spermatozoid into the ooegonium, where it enters the egg cell at the clear spot on its surface. As a result of the entrance of the spermatozoid (fertilization), the egg cell becomes surrounded by a thick brown wall, and becomes a resting spore. The spore loses its green color, and the wall becomes dark ...
— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell |
