MICROPYLE

Micropyle

A micropyle is a small opening. In botany it is an opening in the surface of an ovule, through which the pollen tube penetrates, often visible as a small pore in the ripe seed, In zoology, it is a pore in the membrane covering the ovum, through which a sperm enters

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micropyle

Noun

  1. In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.


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