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Webster 1913 Edition


Ovule

O′vule

,
Noun.
[Dim. of L.
ovum
an egg: cf. F.
ovule
. Cf.
Ovolo
,
Ovulum
.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the
hilum
, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the
chalaza
, and their minute orifice is the
foramen
.
(b)
An ovum.

Definition 2024


ovule

ovule

See also: ovulé

English

Noun

ovule (plural ovules)

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

Translations


French

Pronunciation

Verb

ovule

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ovuler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of ovuler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ovuler
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of ovuler
  5. second-person singular imperative of ovuler

Portuguese

Verb

ovule

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ovular
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ovular
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ovular
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ovular

Spanish

Verb

ovule

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ovular.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ovular.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ovular.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of ovular.