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Orthotropous :: Orthotropous (a.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

Ovulum :: Ovulum (n.) An ovule.

Fertilization :: Fertilization (n.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation..

Orthogamy :: Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy..

Placenta :: Placenta (n.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

Impregnable :: Impregnable (a.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant..

Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc..

Exostome :: Exostome (n.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

Micropyle :: Micropyle (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule..

Quintine :: Quintine (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Apogamy :: Apogamy (n.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..

Endostome :: Endostome (n.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

Ovuliferous :: Ovuliferous (a.) Producing ovules.

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

Gymnogen :: Gymnogen (n.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm..

Monembryony :: Monembryony (n.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.

Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus..

Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.

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