slovo | definícia |
ovule (encz) | ovule,vajíčko n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ovule (gcide) | Ovule \O"vule\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster] |
ovule (wn) | ovule
n 1: a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant;
develops into a seed after fertilization
2: a small or immature ovum |
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orthotropous ovule (encz) | orthotropous ovule, n: |
Ovule (gcide) | Ovule \O"vule\, n. [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.
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amphitropous ovule (wn) | amphitropous ovule
n 1: a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk |
anatropous ovule (wn) | anatropous ovule
n 1: a completely inverted ovule turned back 180 degrees on its
stalk |
campylotropous ovule (wn) | campylotropous ovule
n 1: a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the
funiculus |
orthotropous ovule (wn) | orthotropous ovule
n 1: a completely straight ovule with the micropyle at the apex |
ovulen (wn) | Ovulen
n 1: trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol
and a progestin compound |
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