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O"vu*lar (?), a. (Biol.)
Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular
growth.

O"vu*la*ry (?), a. (Biol.)
Pertaining to ovules.

O"vu*late (?), a. (Biol.)
Containing an ovule or ovules.

O`vu*la"tion (?), n. (Phisiol.)
The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of
the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during
menstruation.

O"vule (?), n. [Dim. of L. ovum
an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.]
(Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It
grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two
delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the
hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the
chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.
(b) An ovum.

O`vu*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Ovule +
-ferous.] (biol.) Producing ovules.

O"vu*list (?), n.


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