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Vinony

ovule

noun

  1. plant structure. 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
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Pronunciation: /ˈɒvjuːl/

noun

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

  1. The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
  2. An immature ovum in mammals.