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ovule
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ovule
1. a small body in seed-bearing plants that consists of the integument(s), nucellus, and embryosac (containing the egg cell) and develops into the seed after fertilization
2. Zoology an immature ovum

ovule [′äv‚yül]
(botany)
A structure in the ovary of a seed plant that develops into a seed following fertilization.


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