NUCELLUS - Definition

Pronunciation:		noo'selus
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac

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	See Also:	ovule, plant part

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Nu*cel"lus\, n.; pl. {Nucelli}. [NL., dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.] (Bot.) See {Nucleus}, 3 (a) .

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	The central tissue of an ovule, within which the megaspore mother cell is formed.