Definition of nucleus

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Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.

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Indogenide :: Indogenide (n.) Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus..
Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus..
Entoplastic :: Entoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced..
Nucleolus :: Nucleolus (n.) A little nucleus.
Janizary :: "Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826..
Mesoblast :: Mesoblast (n.) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
Nucleiform :: Nucleiform (a.) Formed like a nucleus or kernel.
Pyrrol :: Pyrrol (n.) A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red..
Mesoplast :: Mesoplast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.
Ovule :: Ovule (n.) 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..
Nucleole :: Nucleole (n.) The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
Gymnocyte :: Gymnocyte (n.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus..
Endoblast :: Endoblast (n.) Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,.
Nucleuses :: Nucleuses (pl. ) of Nucleu.
Pyridine :: Pyridine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine..
Trinucleus :: Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Indogen :: Indogen (n.) A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo..
Diaster :: Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis..
Nucleolated :: Nucleolated (a.) Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus..
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