Definitions for ovuleˈɒv yul, ˈoʊ vyul

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ov•uleˈɒv yul, ˈoʊ vyul(n.)

  1. the structure in seed plants that contains the embryo sac and that develops into a seed after fertilization.

    Category: Botany

  2. a small egg.

    Category: Developmental Biology, Zoology

Origin of ovule:

1820–30; < L ōvulum

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ovule(noun)

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

  2. ovule(noun)

    a small or immature ovum

Wiktionary

  1. ovule(Noun)

    The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.

  2. ovule(Noun)

    An immature ovum in mammals.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Ovule

    The element in plants that contains the female GAMETOPHYTES.


Translations for ovule

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ovum(noun)

the egg from which the young of people and animals develop.

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