ovulation

[Mod. Lat. ovul (um)=a little egg; Eng. suff. -ation.] (For def. see extract.) "Ovulation, or formation of ova, is always spontaneous."-G. H. Lewes: Aristotle, p. 338. ō'-vule, s. [OVULUM.] Bot.: A small semi-pellucid, pulpy body, borne by the placenta, and gradually developing into a seed; the seed of a plant in the earliest condition. ovule-tube, s . Bot .: A thread-like extension of the apex of the nucleus or of the sac of the amnios, rising up beyond the foramen. ( Treas . of Bot .) ō-vu-lif-er-ous, a . [Eng.ovul(e); i connective; Lat. fero to bear, to produce.] Producing ovules. ō-vu-lite, s. [Lat. ovum an egg, and Gr. lithos =a stone.] A fo il egg. ō-vu-li-tēs, subst. [Mod. Lat. ovul ( um ) (q. v.); suff.- ites.] Palæont.: A genus of Globi ger i nid a, or po ibly a detached segment of a calcareous alga.