OVULE

n. O2v'u2l. Lat., ovulum (dim. of ovum, an egg). Fr. ozuf primitif. Ger., Eichen, Eikeim. 1. See Ovarian OVUM. 2. O von Baer, see Graafian VESICLE. 3. That part of the pistil tha contains the embryo-sac; one of the small bodies, situated usuallj on some part of the ovarian wall or on the ovarian axis, consisting of a nucleus (nucellus), with or without a stalk (funiculus), often with two integuments (see PRIMINE and SECUNDINE) attached to each other and to the nucellus at the base (chalaza) of the o., anc forming at the apex a little opening (micropyle) for the reception of the pollen-tube. [B, 1, 123, 229, 291 (a, 35).] O's of Naboth See Nabothian FOLLICLES. [s. 188]