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O5219600 (ŏv′yo͞ol, ō′vyo͞ol)n.1. Botany A structure in seed plants that consists of the embryo sac surrounded by the nucellus and one or two integuments and that develops into a seed after it is fertilized.2. Zoology A small or immature ovum.

[New Latin ōvulum, diminutive of Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

ov′u·lar (ŏv′yə-lər, ō′vyə-), ov′u·lar′y (-lĕr′ē) adj.

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(ˈɒv yə lər, ˈoʊ vyə-)

adj. pertaining to or of the nature of an ovule. [1850–55; < New Latin ōvulāris. See ovule, -ar¹]

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Adj.	1.	ovular - being or of the nature of an ovule
	2.	ovular - of or relating to an ovum

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