- ovum, ovule
- بُوَيضة \ ovum, ovule. \ _(field) Biol.
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ovum, ovule
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ovule — [ ɔvyl ] n. m. • 1798; lat. sav. ovula, du lat. ovum « œuf » 1 ♦ Bot. Chez les angiospermes, Gamète femelle végétal (⇒ oosphère) qui, après la fécondation, se transforme en graine. Pièces afférentes à l ovule : chalaze, funicule, micropyle,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ovule — 1830, from Fr. ovule, from Mod.L. ovulum, lit. small egg, dim. of L. ovum egg (see OVUM (Cf. ovum)) … Etymology dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ovule — [äv′yo͞ol΄, ō′vyo͞ol΄] n. [Fr < ModL ovulum, dim. < L ovum,EGG1] a small egg or seed, esp. one in an early stage of development; specif., a) Bot. a structure in seed plants consisting of a nucellus that contains an embryo sac: it develops… … English World dictionary
Ovum — For other uses, see Ovum (disambiguation). Ovum A human ovum with corona radiata surrounding it An ovum (plural ova, from the Latin word ovum meaning egg … Wikipedia
Ovule — This article is about the plant structure. For animal ovules, see ovum. Micropyle and Ovular redirect here. For the structure in animals, see Micropyle (zoology). For the shape, see oval. Location of ovules inside a Helleborus foetidus flower… … Wikipedia
ovule — /ov yoohl, oh vyoohl/, n. 1. Bot. a. a rudimentary seed. b. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed. 2. Biol. a small egg. [1820 30; < L ovulum little egg. See… … Universalium
ovule — 1. The ovum of a mammal, especially while still in the ovarian follicle. 2. A small beadlike structure bearing a fancied resemblance to an o.. SYN: ovulum. [Mod. L. ovulum, dim. of L. ovum, egg] * * * ovule äv (.)yü(ə)lalso ōv n 1) an outgro … Medical dictionary
ovule — (o vu l ) s. m. 1° Terme de physiologie. Produit de l ovaire duquel dérive directement l embryon après la fécondation. 2° Nom donné à tort, chez les plantes phanérogames, à l état de la graine avant et pendant la période de floraison. • Des … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
ovule — noun Etymology: New Latin ovulum, diminutive of Latin ovum Date: 1829 1. an outgrowth of the ovary of a seed plant that is a megasporangium and encloses an embryo sac within a nucellus 2. a small egg; especially one in an early stage of growth … New Collegiate Dictionary
ovule — noun a) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments. b) An immature ovum in mammals … Wiktionary
