Meaning of OVULE
| Pronunciation: | | 'owvyool
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- [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
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| | See Also: | | amphitropous ovule, anatropous ovule, campylotropous ovule, chalaza, egg cell, micropyle, nucellus, orthotropous ovule, ovum, reproductive structure, seed | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | A structure in seed plants which contains the megasporangium (nucellus), megaspore (embryo sac), a food store, and a coat, and develops into a seed after fertilization. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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