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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ovule /ˈɒvjuːl, ˈəʊ-/

▶noun Botany the part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed.

– derivatives
ovular adjective.

– origin C19: from Fr., from med. L. ovulum, dimin. of ovum.

'ovule' also found in these Oxford entries:

funicle - micropyle - nucellus - ovulate - pollen

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