ovule

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in seed plants, the structure that contains the female reproductive cells and develops into a seed after fertilization

   After fertilization, each ovule develops into a seed.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ovulum, a diminutive of Latin ovum 'egg'; the name reflects the structure's egglike reproductive role.

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