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Chalaza

//kəˈleɪzə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
  2. 2
    one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell wordnet
  3. 3
    One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
  4. 4
    basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).

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