Nucellus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 108 anagrams from letters in nucellus (cellnsuu).
1880-85; New Latin, equivalent to Latin nuc- (stem of nux) nut + -ella -elle
The hilum or base of the seed, and the chalaza or base of the nucellus are united by means of the raphe r.
In Araucaria and Saxegothaea the nucellus itself projects beyond the open micropyle and receives the pollen-grains direct.
The base of the nucellus is indicated by the chalaza ch, while the apex is at the micropyle m.
The connexion between the base of the ovule and the base of the nucellus is kept up by means of the raphe r.
The point where the integuments are united to the base of the nucellus is called the chalaza (figs. 111, 112).
The nucellus is a cellular tissue enveloping one large cell, the embryo-sac or macrospore.
The vessels of the cord are prolonged to the base of the nucellus n by means of the raphe r.
The Insemineae include forms in which the nucellus is not developed, and therefore there can be no seed.
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