The structure in the chamber (locule) of an ovary containing the egg cell within the embryo sac which is surrounded by the nucellus It is enclosed by two integuments The ovule develops into the seed after fertilization
The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen
In the sporophyte, tissue containing the megaspore mother cell, and a surrounding nucellus and integuments It later contains the egg cell, and, following fertilization and development forms the seed
a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
a small or immature ovum a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization