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Ossein :: Ossein (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen..

Tercine :: Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

Zoology :: Zoology (n.) That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct..

Endorhizous :: Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants..

Tritovum :: Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

Suspensoria :: Suspensor (n.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Monembryony :: Monembryony (n.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.

Funiculus :: Funiculus (n.) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.

Perisperm :: Perisperm (n.) The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac..

Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..

Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..

Seed :: Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant..

Colliquament :: Colliquament (n.) The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.

Subzigomatic :: Subzonal (a.) Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo..

Spore :: Spore (n.) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.

Polyembryonic :: Polyembryonic (a.) Polyembryonate.

Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle..

Pseudembryo :: Pseudembryo (n.) A false embryo.

Protovertebra :: Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

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