Definition of Ovule
O´vule
n.
1.
(Biol.)
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
.
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,
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,
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,
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white
,
eggshell
,
ellipse
,
female
gamete
,
fish
eggs
,
glair
,
ooecium
,
oval
,
ovicell
,
ovoid
,
ovum
,
roe
,
spawn
,
stirp
,
vitellus
,
white
,
yellow
,
yolk
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