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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Micropyle (0.01018 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: micropyle
micropyle
n : minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the
pollen tube enters
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Micropyle
Micropyle
\Mi"cro*pyle\, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? gate, orifice: cf.
F. micropyle.] (Biol.)
(a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by
which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the
spermatozoa permitted.
(b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the
fecundating pollen enters the ovule. --
Mi*crop"y*lar,
a.
[1913 Webster]
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