CHALAZA (chalazae)

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Irregular inflected form: chalazae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chalaza mean? 

• CHALAZA (noun)
  The noun CHALAZA has 2 senses:

1. basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined

2. one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell

  Familiarity information: CHALAZA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALAZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("chalaza" is a part of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Holonyms ("chalaza" is a part of...):

egg (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)