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MICROPYLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does micropyle mean?
• MICROPYLE (noun)
The noun MICROPYLE has 1 sense:
1. minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
Familiarity information: MICROPYLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("micropyle" is a kind of...):
aperture (a natural opening in something)
Holonyms ("micropyle" is a part of...):
ovule (a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization)
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