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oosphere
1. An unfertilized female reproductive cell in algae and fungi.
2. A large non-motile female gamete or egg cell, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.

Oogonium is a female reproductive structure in certain thallophytes (algae, fungi, and lichens), usually a rounded cell or sac containing one or more oospheres.

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