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noun:
- Botany The central percentage of an ovule where the embryo sac develops; the megasporangium.
- The structure which encompasses and protects the embryo and lies within the integuments.
- See nucleus, 3 (a).
- main element of a plant ovule; offers the embryo sac
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others:
- In botany, your body of ovule containing the embryo-sac; the nucleus of this ovule.
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Definition for "nucellus"
- Botany The central percentage of an ovule where…
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Sentence for "nucellus"
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Hypernym for "nucellus"
- plant part
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Variant for "nucellus"
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Agriculture Dictionary for "nucellus"
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