Definition of Nucelli

1. Noun. (plural of nucellus) ¹

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Definition of Nucelli

1. nucellus [n] - See also: nucellus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucelli

nubiles
nubilities
nubility
nubilose
nubilous
nublike
nubs
nubuck
nubucks
nuby
nucament
nucamentaceous
nucaments
nucellar
nucelli (current term)
nucellus
nuch
nucha
nuchae
nuchal
nuchal fascia
nuchal ligament
nuchal plane
nuchal region
nuchal rigidity
nuchal tubercle
nuchals
nuchas
nuciferous

Literary usage of Nucelli

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"Here the basal partition originates at the same time with the nucelli, so that in an appropriate longitudinal section one sees a plate of tissue rising from ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"From 200 of the young ovules fixed and sectioned 3 were found where 2 nucelli developed within the same ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"They are also reported by Strasburger (: oo) in the cells of young anthers and nucelli of the lily and in growing points (Viscum) and possibly may be found ..."

4. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1901)
"The carpels and stamens of Phanerogams are the spore- bearing leaves, ovules (or their nucelli) and pollen sacs being sporangia ; carpels ..."

5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... term for plants whose nucelli remain of considerable bulk up to the time of the formation of the embryo ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"... where outer integument bears on its dorsal surface several inner integuments containing nucelli. ..."

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