Ovule
Pronunciation : O"vule
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913