💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chalaza"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nucellusnoun | (botany) The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments. |
| chalazogamynoun | (botany) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryo sac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. |
| nuculenoun | (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut. |
| micropylenoun | (botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum. |
| chorionnoun | (anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. |
| manchettenoun | (cooking) A paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat. |
| loculamentnoun | (botany) locule; loculus (compartment of the ovary where the seed is placed) |
| nectariumnoun | (botany) Synonym of nectary. |
| hilumnoun | (botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support. |
| mesocotylnoun | (botany) The white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule |
| chaetoblastnoun | (biology) The most basal cell of the chaetal follicle |
| carunclenoun | (anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy. |
| somatocystnoun | (zoology) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophorae. |
| acheniumnoun | (botany) achene |
| callusnoun | A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. |
| clinandriumnoun | (botany) An area at the tip of the column of orchid flowers, beneath the anthers. |
| enchylemmanoun | (biology) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are embedded. |
| abscission zonenoun | (botany) The area in a plant's leaf, stem, or fruit stalk, where the abscission layer if formed along with weakened sclerenchyma, absent collenchyma, and dense cytoplasm. |
| quintinenoun | (botany) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. |
| acroplaxomenoun | A structure that lies between the membranes of the acrosome and nucleus of a spermatozoon. |
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