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NUCELLUS (nucelli)
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Irregular inflected form: nucelli
Dictionary entry overview: What does nucellus mean?
• NUCELLUS (noun)
The noun NUCELLUS has 1 sense:
1. central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
Familiarity information: NUCELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)