- campylotropous ovule
- nouna curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus• Hypernyms: ↑ovule
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
campylotropous ovule
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campylotropous — [kam΄pi lä′trə pəs] adj. 〚< Gr kampylos, curved (akin to kampē, a bend: see CAMPUS) & TROPOUS〛 having a flower ovule with a structure that is partially inverted, with the stalk attachment at the bottom and the opening near the bottom * * *… … Universalium
campylotropous — [kam΄pi lä′trə pəs] adj. [< Gr kampylos, curved (akin to kampē, a bend: see CAMPUS) & TROPOUS] having a flower ovule with a structure that is partially inverted, with the stalk attachment at the bottom and the opening near the bottom … English World dictionary
ovule — [äv′yo͞ol΄, ō′vyo͞ol΄] n. [Fr < ModL ovulum, dim. < L ovum,EGG1] a small egg or seed, esp. one in an early stage of development; specif., a) Bot. a structure in seed plants consisting of a nucellus that contains an embryo sac: it develops… … English World dictionary
ovule — /ov yoohl, oh vyoohl/, n. 1. Bot. a. a rudimentary seed. b. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed. 2. Biol. a small egg. [1820 30; < L ovulum little egg. See… … Universalium
campylotropous — adjective Etymology: Greek kampylos + International Scientific Vocabulary tropous tropous Date: 1835 having the ovule curved … New Collegiate Dictionary
campylotropous — adjective (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk • Ant: ↑orthotropous • Topics: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life … Useful english dictionary
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Seed — A seed Audio IPA|en us seed.ogg|/ˈsiːd/ (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and… … Wikipedia
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arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed — curved curved adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}. Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
