ovule

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Ovule, ōv′ūl, n. a little egg: the seed of a plant in its rudimentary state, growing from the placenta.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Ovule pendulous on a slender erect funiculus; seed erect, 6-grooved.

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

Ovule, the body which is destined to become a seed, 14, 80, 105, 110.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Ovule solitary, erect, styles two, stigmatic along the inner surface.

From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)

"Ovule" is a good word to learn, and the easiest way is to use it at once, always referring to this little seedlet in the young flower-pod as the ovule.

From The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young by Morley, Margaret Warner