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Ovule [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

     
  The structure inside the ovary that develops into the seed upon fertilisation of the egg cell within it.  
     
Consist of the female gametophyte (the egg cell), the sporangium, one or two, rarely three, integuments, and a funiculus (stalk).
     

 

 

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