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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oogonium \O`["o]*go"ni*um\, n.; pl L. {O["o]gonia}, E. {O["o]goniums}. [NL., fr Gr w,'o`n an egg + ? offspring.] (Bot.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing o["o]spheres, as in the rockweeds ({Fucus}), and the orders {Vaucherie[ae]} and {Peronospore[ae]}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fucus \Fu"cus\, n.; pl {Fuci}. [L. rock lichen, orchil, used as a red dye, red or purple color, disguise, deceit.] 1. A paint; a dye; also false show [Obs.] 2. (Bot.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed. Note: Formerly most marine alg? were called fuci. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fucus n : any member of the genus Fucus
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