a. Relating to the archegonium.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the first of a race. ] (Bot.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Archegonium. ] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ Be, v. i. + gone, p. p. ] Go away; depart; get you gone. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. [ OE. begon, AS. bigān; pref. be- + gān to go. ] Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone). [ Obs. ] Gower. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Michel
n. a natural family of monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.
n. a natural family of soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family
n. the type genus of the
adj. past; -- used of time;
n. An inevitable outcome; a certain result; a certainty. [ PJC ]
n. (Bot.) A tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia (Begonia dregei) having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers.
(Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A resident of Oregon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ OE. wel-begon. See Well, and Begone. ] Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fair and rich and young and wel-begone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p. ] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]