Definitions for chalazas

chalazas cha·la·za

Spelling: [kuh-ley-zuh]
IPA: /kəˈleɪ zə/

Chalazas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in chalazas (aaachlsz).

Definitions for chalazas

noun

  1. Zoology. one of the two albuminous twisted cords which fasten an egg yolk to the shell membrane.
  2. Botany. the point of an ovule or seed where the integuments are united to the nucellus.

Origin of chalazas

1695-1705; New Latin Greek: hail, lump

Examples for chalazas

Campylotropous ovule of a Chickweed: c, hilum and chalaza; f, orifice.

Orthotropous ovule of Buckwheat: c, hilum and chalaza; f, orifice.

Seed of a Violet (anatropous): a, hilum; b, rhaphe; c, chalaza.

chalaza, the place where the coats and the kernel of the ovule blend.

Seeds large, usually slightly notched; chalaza rather narrow; raphe a groove.

From the incrassation upon incubation when heat diffuseth the coagulum, from the chalaza or gallatine wh.

Seeds small to very small, slightly notched on top; chalaza depressed, oblong-oval; raphe broad, slightly distinct.

The chalaza is at the insertion or base, the foramen or orifice is at the apex.

chalaza, that part of the ovule where all the parts grow together, 110, 126.

Seeds larger than Aestivalis, pear-shaped; chalaza roundish.

Word Value for chalazas
Scrable

21

Words with friends

22

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