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Definition of: nucellus
(n
·sel′əs, ny-) noun plural ·li (-ī) Bot.
The body or essential part of a plant ovule, within which the embryo and its covering are developed. [<NL <L nucella, dim. of nux, nucis a nut]
—nu·cel′lar adjective
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