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Ovule

//ˈɒvjuːl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
  2. 2
    a small or immature ovum wordnet
  3. 3
    An immature ovum in mammals.
  4. 4
    a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

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