Definition of Chalazal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Definition of Chalazal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the chalaza. ¹

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Definition of Chalazal

1. chalaza [adj] - See also: chalaza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalazal

chakra
chakram
chakrams
chakras
chal
chalah
chalahs
chalan
chalaned
chalaning
chalans
chalasia
chalastic
chalaza
chalazae
chalazal (current term)
chalazas
chalaze
chalazes
chalazia
chalaziferous
chalazion
chalazions
chalcanthite
chalcedonic
chalcedonies
chalcedony
chalcid
chalcid fly
chalcid wasp

Literary usage of Chalazal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"This was true of 3 which lacked the chalazal axis. On the other hand, ... I have records of only two eggs which had both long and chalazal axes abnormal; ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM cavity, enlarge in size, and finally fuse near the chalazal end. That the nuclei always fuse seems certain from the examination of many ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"Of the two nuclei resulting from the division of the primary nucleus, one moves to the apical (micropylar) end of the sac, the other to the basal (chalazal) ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Although the daughter cells are at first apparently similar in all respects, the chalazal one gradually shows signs of greater vitality, and by more rapid ..."

5. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"Thick-walled cells often appear in the chalazal region, ... The aggressive penetration of the chalazal region by the elongation of the antipodal extremity ..."

6. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Internal in the chalazal region (Figs. ... into the external funicular nutritive tissue ; the chalazal one pierces the internal chalazal nutritive tissue. ..."

7. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"the four so formed divides again, so that eight nuclei are formed, four at the micropylar, and four at the chalazal pole of the ..."

8. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"The most striking detail presented is the morphological adaptation for securing nutrition at both micropylar and chalazal ends of the sac; it is noteworthy ..."

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