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ovule
noun
a small egg or seed, esp. one in an early stage of development; specif.,
- Bot. a structure in seed plants consisting of a nucellus that contains an embryo sac: it develops into a seed after fertilization
- Zool. the immature ovum in the graafian follicle
See ovule in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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