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



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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