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Ovule vs Nucellus - What's the difference?

ovule | nucellus |

In botany terms the difference between ovule and nucellus

is that ovule is the structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments while nucellus is the tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments.

ovule

English

(wikipedia ovule)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
  • (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.

    • nucellus

    English

    Noun

    (nucelli)
  • (botany) The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments.

    • Related terms

    * nucellular * nucleus