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ovule

[ov-yool, oh-vyool] / ˈɒv yul, ˈoʊ vyul /
NOUN
germ
Synonyms
STRONGEST
spore
STRONG
bud cause egg embryo inception nucleus origin ovum root rudiment seed source spark sprig sprout
Antonyms
STRONG
conclusion consequence effect end ending outcome outgrowth result
NOUN
seed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
berry corn egg grain nut
STRONG
bud cell conceit concept conception core ear embryo germ image impression inkling kernel notion nucleus ovum particle rudiment semen spark sperm spore start suspicion
Antonyms
STRONG
being concrete death exterior exteriority outside
WEAK
ancestor effect end ending parent result

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The tube extends through the style and into the ovary, allowing sperm cells to reach the egg and central cells in an ovule for fertilization.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

In addition to the 45-minute blocking process that prevents multiple sperm from fertilizing the same ovule, a repulsion signal also directs rejected suitors towards other unpaired ovules.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Part B shows a blowup of the megasprophyll, which has an oval ovule at its base.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Following fertilization of the egg, the ovule grows into a seed.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Ovary 3-celled; two of the cells empty, the other with a single suspended ovule.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.