Ovule

['ɒvjuːl;'əʊ-] or ['ovjul]

Definition

(noun.) a small or immature ovum.

(noun.) a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization.

Typist: Tito--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) An ovum.

Edited by Clifford

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Bot.) Rudimentary seed.

Edited by Benson

Definition

n. a little egg: the seed of a plant in its rudimentary state growing from the placenta.—adj. Ov′ular.—ns. Ovulā′tion the formation of ova or the period when this takes place; Ov′ulite a fossil egg.

Edited by Brent