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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nucellus /njuːˈsɛləs/

▶noun (pl. nucelli /-lʌɪ, -liː/) Botany the central part of an ovule, containing the embryo sac.

– derivatives
nucellar adjective.

– origin C19: mod. L., appar. an irregular dimin. of nucleus.

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