ovule

ovule is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.
2. noun. An ovum.
3. noun. a small or immature ovum
4. noun. a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization

Common word forms

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