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ovulary

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o·vule   (ō'vyōōl, ŏv'yōōl)   
n.  

  1. Botany A minute structure in seed plants, containing the embryo sac and surrounded by the nucellus, that develops into a seed after fertilization.

  2. Zoology A small or immature ovum.


[New Latin ōvulum, diminutive of Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
o'vu·lar (ō'vyə-lər, ŏv'yə-), o'vu·lar'y (-lěr'ē) adj.
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