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Ovule vs Quartine - What's the difference?

ovule | quartine |

As nouns the difference between ovule and quartine

is that ovule is (botany) the structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments while quartine is (botany|archaic) a supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.

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.

    • quartine

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • (botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.

    • Coordinate terms

    * tercine * quintine ----