Meaning

2 senses
  1. The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.

    семяпо́чкаsemjapóčka, семязача́токsemjazačátok, яйцекле́ткаjajceklétka

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

  2. An immature ovum in mammals.

    a small or immature ovum

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
botany: structure that develops into a seed:

Origin

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

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Forms

plural: ovules
Singularovule
Pluralovules

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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