ovule

A small structure in plants that contains the female reproductive cell and develops into a seed after fertilization; also refers to a small or immature ovum in animals.

• 🇫🇷Structure dans les plantes contenant la cellule reproductrice femelle et se développant en graine après fécondation ; chez les animaux, se dit aussi d'un ovule immature.

1. Plant reproductive structure C1 formal scientific

   A small structure in seed plants that contains the female reproductive cell and develops into a seed after fertilization.

   • The ovule is located inside the ovary of a flower.
   • After pollination, the ovule develops into a seed.
   • Botanists study the structure of the ovule to understand plant reproduction.

   🇫🇷Ovule (structure reproductive des plantes)

2. Immature egg cell C1 formal scientific

   A small or undeveloped female reproductive cell in animals, which can mature into an ovum.

   • In mammals, the ovule matures within the ovary.
   • The ovule is released during ovulation.
   • Researchers examined the ovule under a microscope.

   🇫🇷Ovocyte immature

   Synonymes: oocyte

• ovules plural form
• ovules' possessive plural form
• ovule's possessive singular form