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Ovule Common

Ovule has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

a small or immature ovum

3

The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reproductive structure ovum
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
amphitropous ovule anatropous ovule campylotropous ovule orthotropous ovule seed
Rhyming Words
ule jule yule tule pule bule rule mule zule baule houle thule joule boule brule poule soule emule maule paule
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