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The immature seed in the ovary before fertilisation, comprised of funicle, chalaza, inner (tegmen) and outer (testa) integuments, nucellus and embryo sac. A young or undeveloped seed. The nucellus containing the embryo-sac and enclosed by 1 or 2 integuments, which after fertilization and subsequent development, becomes a seed. That organ that is destined to become…

(In gymnosperms) said of scales bearing ovules. To release a mature ovum into a Fallopian tube.  

Egg-shaped (3-dimensional), with the broad part below the middle or nearest the base. A solid egg-shape with the broader end at the base, usually applied to fruit.      

Broadly elliptic, the length less than twice the width. A broad ellipse, with both ends the same width. Broadly elliptical or egg-shaped. Concerning an ovum, the reproductive cell of the female.  

(In cladistics) a group that is not included in the group under study and which is used for comparative purposes.  

Cross in which pollen from one plant fertilises another plant.  

Producing offspring by crossfertilisation. The mating of individuals who are not closely related. The production of offspring by parents who are not closely related. The mating of unrelated (or very distantly related) members of a species. It is the opposite of inbreeding.  

Of the mouth (e.g. ostiolar bracts are those at the ostiole of a Ficus fruit).