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Webster 1913 Edition
Ovule
O′vule
,Noun.
(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)
- (botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
- (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.
Translations
botany: structure that develops into a seed
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
ovule
- first-person singular present indicative of ovuler
- third-person singular present indicative of ovuler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ovuler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ovuler
- second-person singular imperative of ovuler
Portuguese
Verb
ovule
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ovular
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ovular
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ovular
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ovular
Spanish
Verb
ovule