MICROPYLE

Meaning of MICROPYLE in English

[ 'mʌɪkrə(ʊ)pʌɪl ]

■ noun

1》 Botany a small opening in the surface of an ovule, which the pollen tube penetrates.

2》 Zoology a small opening for spermatozoa in the egg of a fish, insect, etc.

Origin

C19: from micro- + Gk pulē 'gate'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MICROPYLE — noun Etymology: French, from micr- + Greek pylē gate Date: 1821 a minute opening in the integument of an ovule …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MICROPYLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌpīl noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary micr- + -pyle (from Greek pylē gate); probably originally formed in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MICROPYLE — (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.
Английский словарь Webster
MICROPYLE — (n.) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa …
Английский словарь Webster
MICROPYLE — ( n. ) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MICROPYLE — ( n. ) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MICROPYLE — — micropylar , adj. /muy"kreuh puyl'/ , n. 1. Zool. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MICROPYLE — n. microscopic opening in an ovum through which sperm enter (Zoology); minute openings in the integument of an ovule through …
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MICROPYLE — noun Etymology: French, from micr- + Greek pylē gate Date: 1821 1. : a minute opening in the integument of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MICROPYLE — noun an opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. 2. micropyle …
Webster English vocab
MICROPYLE — [mi.cro.pyle] n [F, fr. micr- + Gk pyle gate] (1821) 1: a minute opening in the integument of an ovule …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MICROPYLE — n. Bot. a small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which pollen passes. [MICRO- + Gk pule gate]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MICROPYLE — n. Bot. a small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which pollen passes. [ MICRO- + Gk pule …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MICROPYLE — n. Bot. a small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which pollen passes. Etymology: MICRO- + Gk pule …
Oxford English vocab
MICROPYLE — микропиле
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MICROPYLE — микропиле
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MICROPYLE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ī -kr ə - ˌ p ī (- ə )l Function: noun Etymology: French, from micr- …
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SYNERGID — noun Etymology: New Latin ~a, from Greek synergos working together Date: 1898 one of two small cells lying near the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLLINATION — noun Date: 1875 the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma in angiosperms or from the microsporangium to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ORTHOTROPOUS — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1830 having the ovule straight and upright with the micropyle at the apex
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MICROPYLAR — adjective see: micropyle
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARUNCLE — noun see: carnal Date: 1615 a naked fleshy outgrowth (as a bird's wattle), an outgrowth on a seed adjacent to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIPODAL — I. adjective Date: 1646 of or relating to the antipodes, diametrically opposite , entirely opposed , II. noun Date: 1919 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANATROPOUS — adjective Date: circa 1846 having or being a plant ovule inverted so that the micropyle is bent down to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIPODAL — I. (ˈ)an|tipəd ə l, (ˈ)aan- adjective also an·ti·pod·ic | ̷ ̷tə|pädik, -ēk Etymology: antipode + -al or -ic 1. : of or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POROGAMY — pōˈrägəmē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary poro- + -gamy; probably originally formed in German : entrance of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORTHOTROPOUS — (ˈ)ȯ(r)|thä.trəpəs adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary orth- + -tropous : having the ovule straight so that the chalaza, hilum, and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MICROPYLAR — |mīkrə|pīlə(r) adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary micropyle + -ar : of, relating to, or adjacent to a micropyle eggs … …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORAMEN — fəˈrāmən, fōˈ- noun ( plural fo·ram·i·na -ramənə ; or foramens ) Etymology: Latin, from forare to bore, pierce — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARUNCLE — ˈkaˌrəŋkəl, kəˈr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: modification of obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula little piece of flesh, diminutive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHALAZOGAMY — (n.) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, …
Английский словарь Webster
CHALAZOGAMY — add. ·noun a process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the …
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