Associations to the word «Chalaza»
Noun
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Wiktionary
CHALAZA, noun. (zoology) One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
CHALAZA, noun. (botany) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
Dictionary definition
CHALAZA, noun. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined.
CHALAZA, noun. One of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell.
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