ovum

ovum is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
2. noun. One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
3. noun. the female reproductive cell; the female gamete

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