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Micropyle vs Operculum - What's the difference?

micropyle | operculum |

As nouns the difference between micropyle and operculum

is that micropyle is (botany) in seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum while operculum is a covering flap or lidlike structure in plants and animals, such as a gill cover.

micropyle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) 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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    operculum

    English

    Noun

    (opercula)
  • A covering flap or lidlike structure in plants and animals, such as a gill cover