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Micropyle Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix micro-

Micropyle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters

2

In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
aperture
Rhyming Words
ayle fyle gyle pyle hyle syle tyle kyle dyle lyle nyle ryle boyle phyle chyle coyle doyle goyle moyle style
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