Associations to the word «Micropyle»

Wiktionary

MICROPYLE, noun. (botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

Dictionary definition

MICROPYLE, noun. Minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery