o·vule (ō'vyūl, ŏv'yūl)
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.]

ovular o'vu·lar (ō'vyə-lər, ŏv'yə-) or o'vu·lar'y (-lĕr'ē) adj.

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