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noun
The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal tissue
noun
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant part, plant structure
History
From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).
Across languages
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