NUCELLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: nucelli   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)

Holonyms ("nucellus" 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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