Dictionary.net

• The female organ of red Seaweeds, a one or more celled structure containing no differentiated oosphere.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

• [Greek] The female organ of red Seaweeds, a one or more celled structure containing no differentiated oosphere (bot.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth