Micropyle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.
You can make 470 anagrams from letters in micropyle (ceilmopry).
1815-25; micro- + Greek pýlē gate
In some cases it is advisable to slice off the end of the egg with the micropyle and mount it microscopically.
The base of the nucellus is indicated by the chalaza ch, while the apex is at the micropyle m.
The pollen-tube does not penetrate the ovule through the micropyle but enters at the opposite end—the chalaza.
This opening is called the “micropyle,” and allows the pollen tube to enter.
If I have time I will have another look at pollen-tubes, as, from what you say, they ought to find their way to the micropyle.
The micropyle covers the upper surface of the egg and is not depressed.
Every ovule has a tiny opening, or micropyle as it is called, and it is now easy to guess what that is for.
micropyle, answering to the Foramen or orifice of the ovule.
On the upper end in some species they have a few short, vertical ridges, radiating from the micropyle.
At one end a cap-like portion of this forms a detachable operculum, in the middle of which is a minute opening, the micropyle.
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