Thesaurus: chalaza

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1. n. The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
2. n. A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
3. n. basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
4. n. one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
5. 1. (Bot.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus. 2. (Biol.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.
6. The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats coherewith each other and the nucleus.
7. n. basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined n. one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell