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Ovule

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Noun

1. ovule

a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization

2. ovule

a small or immature ovum

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ovule

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noun
1. 
a small body in seed-bearing plants that consists of the integument(s), nucellus, and embryosac (containing the egg cell) and develops into the seed after fertilization
2. zoology
an immature ovum

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Ovule

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noun
a small egg or seed, esp. one in an early stage of development
; specif.,
a.  Botany
a structure in seed plants consisting of a nucellus that contains an embryo sac: it develops into a seed after fertilization
see also amphitropous, anatropous, campylotropous, orthotropous
b.  Zoology
the immature ovum in the graafian follicle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ovule

see synonyms of ovule
n.
1. Botany A structure in seed plants that consists of the embryo sac surrounded by the nucellus and one or two integuments and that develops into a seed after it is fertilized.
2. Zoology A small or immature ovum.

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