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Ovule

Ovule Meaning & Definition
Ovule Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ovule?

[n] a small or immature ovum
[n] a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ovule:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ovule: albumen | caviar | egg | egg cell | egg white | eggshell | ellipse | female gamete | fish eggs | glair | ooecium | oval | ovicell | ovoid | ovum | roe | spawn | stirp | vitellus | white | yellow | yolk

See Also | amphitropous ovule | anatropous ovule | campylotropous ovule | chalaza | egg cell | micropyle | nucellus | orthotropous ovule | ovum | reproductive structure | seed

Ovule In Webster's Dictionary

\O"vule\, n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. {Ovolo}, {Ovulum}.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. (b) An ovum.

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