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Ovular

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o·vule  (vyl, vyl)
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 vulum, diminutive of Latin vum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
ovu·lar (vy-lr, vy-), ovu·lary (-lr) adj.
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Adj.1.ovular - being or of the nature of an ovule
2.ovular - of or relating to an ovum
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