OVULE
ovule
(noun) a small or immature ovum
ovule
(noun) a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ovule (plural ovules)
(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
(zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.
Anagrams
• Louve
Source: Wiktionary
O"vule, n. Etym: [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo,
Ovulum.] (Biol.)
(a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of
a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the
ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the
chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.
(b) An ovum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition