ovule

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ov·ule

(ŏv′yo͞ol, ō′vyo͞ol)

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.

[New Latin ōvulum, diminutive of Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

ov′u·lar (ŏv′yə-lər, ō′vyə-), ov′u·lar′y (-lĕr′ē) adj.

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ovule

(ˈɒvjuːl)

1. (Botany) 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) zoology an immature ovum

[C19: via French from Medieval Latin ōvulum a little egg, from Latin ōvum egg]

ˈovular adj

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ov•ule

(ˈɒv yul, ˈoʊ vyul)

n.

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

2. a small egg.

[1820–30; < Latin ōvulum]

o·vule

(ō′vyo͞ol, ŏv′yo͞ol)

A small part in a seed-bearing plant that becomes a seed after its egg cell has been fertilized by a male cell. See more at flower.

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ovule

A structure inside a plant ovary containing female gamete. It develops into seed after fertilization.

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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 reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction chalaza - basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined nucellus - central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac micropyle - minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters amphitropous ovule - a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk anatropous ovule - a completely inverted ovule turned back 180 degrees on its stalk campylotropous ovule - a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus orthotropous ovule - a completely straight ovule with the micropyle at the apex seed - a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
	2.	ovule - a small or immature ovum egg cell, ovum - the female reproductive cell; the female gamete

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[ˈəʊvjuːl] N → óvulo m

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The colour was caused by little gelatinous balls, about the fifth of an inch in diameter, in which numerous minute spherical ovules were imbedded: they were of two distinct kinds, one being of a reddish colour and of a different shape from the other.

In the case of the prawn-like crabs, their movements were as coinstantaneous as in a regiment of soldiers; but this cannot happen from anything like voluntary action with the ovules, or the confervae, nor is it probable among the infusoria.

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'sports' are extremely rare under nature, but far from rare under cultivation; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset, and not the ovules or pollen.

'sports' support my view, that variability may be largely attributed to the ovules or pollen, or to both, having been affected by the treatment of the parent prior to the act of conception.

These remarks are of course confined to the first appearance of the peculiarity, and not to its primary cause, which may have acted on the ovules or male element; in nearly the same manner as in the crossed offspring from a short-horned cow by a long-horned bull, the greater length of horn, though appearing late in life, is clearly due to the male element.

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Some Ascarina species have the simplest possible unisexual flowers, which consist of one stamen or one carpel containing one ovule, borne in the axils of bracts in spicate inflorescences, although others have stamen numbers ranging from two to five, lateral bracts associated with the stamen and/or carpel, groups of two carpels, or both a stamen and a carpel (Swamy, 1953; Smith, 1976, 1981; Moore, 1977; Jeremie, 1980).

Phylogenetic Analyses of Cretaceous Fossils Related to Chloranthaceae and their Evolutionary Implications

sinensis variety Pera Rio was estimated at 25,488 pollen grains the number of ovule was estimated at 90 per flower.

Biology of pollination of citRus sinensis variety 'Pera Rio'/ Biologia da polinizacao de Citrus sinensis variedade 'Pera Rio'

Four stages of sepal, three stages of petal, five stages of stamen, and seven stages of ovule samples were collected from pineapple MD2 variety.

Genomic Survey, Characterization, and Expression Profile Analysis of the SBP Genes in Pineapple (Ananas comosus L.)

Both species have bitegmic and anatropous ovule, obturator, trichomes and a resinuous gland, which is composed of flange-like structures that are modified bractlets (Webster and Webster, 1972).

Floral morphology and anatomy of Dalechampia alata Klotzsch ex Baill

While most botanists are satisfied with external features of the achene and a few researches have analyzed the development of the embryo and ovule, little attention has been given to the seed-coat of Asteraceae (Compositae) (CORNER, 1976).

Seed characters and their usefulness in the separation of Asteraceae species/Caracteres de sementes e sua utilidade na separacao de especies de Asteraceae

To estimate seed production characteristics we used the potential seed production (PSP), actual seed production (ASP) and seed: ovule ratio showing the ratio of the ASP and the PSP.

Seed production and germination of three rare Saussurea species in the Kuznetsk Alatau mountains (Russia)