plant egg cell

Term Information

Accession
PO:0020094
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: female gamete
exact: megagamete
exact: oocélula (Spanish)
exact: 植物卵細胞 (Japanese)
broad: egg cell
broad: non-mobile gamete
Definition
A gamete (PO:0025006) produced by an archegonium (PO:0025126) or an embryo sac (PO:0025074). [source: POC:curators]
Comment
The plant egg cell (megagamete) is usually larger than the plant sperm cell (PO:0000084; microgamete).

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