synergid

synergid
synergid [si nʉr′jid, sin′ərjid]
n.
ModL synergida < Gr synergein, to work together (see SYNERGY) + ModL -ida, sing. of -idae (see -IDAE)
either of the two cells that lie alongside of the egg cell in the embryo sac of flowering plants

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syn·er·gid (sĭ-nûrʹjĭd, sĭnʹər-) n.
One of two small cells lying near the egg in the mature embryo sac of a flowering plant.
  [New Latin synergida, from Greek sunergos, working together. See synergism.]

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