Get to know Ovules better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning.
Ovules meaning
plural of ovule
Using Ovules
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of ovule
- In the example corpus, ovules often appears in combinations such as: ovules of.
Context around Ovules
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ovules
- In this selection, "ovules" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plant, bitegmic, produce, gymnosperm, develop and capable stand out and add context to how "ovules" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include contained within ovules once fertilized and durable containing ovules within them. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ovules" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ovules
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The more familiar female cones are typically more durable, containing ovules within them. (13 words)
Plants generally produce ovules of four shapes: the most common shape is called anatropous, with a curved shape. (18 words)
In bitegmic ovules (e.g. Gossypium described here) both inner and outer integuments contribute to the seed coat formation. (19 words)
Some flowers are functionally staminate (where a pistil may be present but has no ovules capable of being fertilized) while others are functionally pistillate (where stamens are present but their anthers do not produce viable pollen). (36 words)
The team used different wild varieties of thale cress to examine the genetic processes taking place behind the initiation of ovules—the primordia from which seeds emerge after fertilization—and the growth of the pod. (35 words)
The term "gymnosperm" comes from the Greek composite word γυμνόσπερμος (γυμνός gymnos, "naked" and σπέρμα sperma, "seed"), meaning "naked seeds", after the unenclosed condition of their seeds (called ovules in their unfertilised state). (33 words)
Example sentences (9)
Ovule main Plant ovules: Gymnosperm ovule on left, angiosperm ovule (inside ovary) on right After fertilization the ovules develop into the seeds.
The team used different wild varieties of thale cress to examine the genetic processes taking place behind the initiation of ovules—the primordia from which seeds emerge after fertilization—and the growth of the pod.
In bitegmic ovules (e.g. Gossypium described here) both inner and outer integuments contribute to the seed coat formation.
Plants generally produce ovules of four shapes: the most common shape is called anatropous, with a curved shape.
Some flowers are functionally staminate (where a pistil may be present but has no ovules capable of being fertilized) while others are functionally pistillate (where stamens are present but their anthers do not produce viable pollen).
The female gametes of plants are contained within ovules ; once fertilized by pollen these form seeds which, like eggs, contain the nutrients necessary for the development of the embryonic plant.
Their naked condition stands in contrast to the seeds and ovules of flowering plants (angiosperms), which are enclosed within an ovary.
The more familiar female cones are typically more durable, containing ovules within them.
The term "gymnosperm" comes from the Greek composite word γυμνόσπερμος (γυμνός gymnos, "naked" and σπέρμα sperma, "seed"), meaning "naked seeds", after the unenclosed condition of their seeds (called ovules in their unfertilised state).
Common combinations with ovules
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ovules of 2×