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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..

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..

Rhaphe :: Rhaphe (n.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam..

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

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..

Prunus :: Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening..

Quartine :: Quartine (n.) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside..

Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo..

Ovular :: Ovular (a.) Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth..

Tercine :: Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

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

Hilum :: Hilum (n.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.

Oospore :: Oospore (n.) A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

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

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

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..

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

Secundine :: Secundine (n.) The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine..

Oospere :: Oospere (n.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle.

Spermaphore :: Spermaphore (n.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

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