About The Word Ovule
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Ovule
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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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