MICROPYLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("micropyle" is a kind of...):

aperture (a natural opening in something)

Holonyms ("micropyle" is a part of...):

ovule (a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization)

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