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Oosphere

O′o-sphere

(ō′ō̍-sfēr)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ω,ὄν
an egg + E.
sphere
.]
1.
(Bot.)
An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oogonium.
☞ After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an oospore, which may grow into a new plant like the parent.
2.
(Bot.)
An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle.
Goodale.

Definition 2024


oosphère

oosphère

See also: oosphere and oösphere

French

Noun

oosphère f (plural oosphères)

  1. oosphere