ovule

The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
An immature ovum in mammals.

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

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seed bud

primitive ova

ovigerm

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