A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Zygote (Eng.noun), a cell, which is the result of fusion of two gametes, a fertilized egg; a zygospore; the diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; “broadly, the developing individual produced from such a cell” (WIII); ); (in bryophytes) “the product of the fusion of two gametes; fertilized ovum before it has undergone mitosis or meiosis” (Magill 1990); a cell in which two nuclei of opposite sex have undergone fusion (Ainsworth & Bisby): according to Stearn (ed.4): zygota,-ae (s.f.I), abl.sg. zygota, nom. pl. zygotae, gen. pl. zygotarum, dat. & abl. pl. zygotis [> Gk. zygOtos, yoked > zygoun, to yoke, join together > zygon, yoke (WIII)];

- coenozygota,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. coenozygota; see zygophore.

NOTE: the derivation of Eucaryote is parallel to that of ‘zygote’ (WIII).

Corpusculum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., nom. & acc. pl. corpuscular: (in plants) “egg, oospheres” (Jackson); as Jackson indicates, ‘corpusculum’ refers to the egg and oosphere, then it also relates to the ovum, which is “1. the ovule; 2. = zygote; 3. = oosphere” (Jackson).