NUCELLUS


Meaning of NUCELLUS in English

n(y)üˈseləs noun

( plural nucel·li -eˌlī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin nucella small nut, from nuc-, nux nut + -ella -el

: a mass of thin-walled parenchymatous cells that composes the central and chief part of the body of an ovule and that contains the embryo sac and is surrounded by one or more integuments

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