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ovule

[ov-yool, oh-vyool] / ˈɒv jul, ˈoʊ vjul /




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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

The ovule wall will become part of the fruit.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

Ovary with a single cell and ovule, tipped with a long laterally stigmatic style, maturing as an achene.

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 Asa Gray




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