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noun
The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
An immature ovum in mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
a small or immature ovum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ovum, egg cell
noun
a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reproductive structure
Narrower terms: amphitropous ovule, anatropous ovule, campylotropous ovule, orthotropous ovule, seed
History
Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.
Across languages
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