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synergid [sə′nər·jəd]

(botany)

Either of two small cells lying in the embryo sac in seed plants adjacent to the egg cell toward the micropylar end.

Synergid

one of usually two cells that with an egg cell form the egg apparatus of the embryo sac of angiospermous plants. In most plants the synergids are destroyed before fertilization (with the entry of a pollen tube into the embryo sac) or after fertilization. In a few plants they are retained for a long time and turn into haustoria.

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