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Synonyms for egg cell


Grammar : Noun



Définition of egg cell

  • As in ovum : noun female reproductive cell
Example sentences :
  • The egg cell from the white parent carries the factor for white, the pollen cell from the red parent carries the factor for red.
  • Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • There is a large nucleus, but it is not always readily distinguished from the other contents of the egg cell.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
  • The egg cell is very large, and appears of a yellowish color, and filled with large drops that give it a peculiar aspect.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
  • Of the three cells of the “egg apparatus” the lower (o) one is the egg cell; the others are called “synergidæ.”
  • Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
  • One of the nuclei, with the protoplasm immediately surrounding it, is called the egg cell.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • Every egg cell has some, and every egg that grows to maturity is infected with the plant spores.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • In 1844 Koelliker discovered that the egg cell, by division and multiplication, becomes an aggregation—a heap of new cells.
  • Extract from : « The Last Link » by Ernst Haeckel

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