embryo sac

Noun

Meaning

See under Embryonic.

Examples

Apomixis mainly occurs in two forms: In gametophytic apomixis, the embryo arises from an unfertilized egg within a diploid embryo sac that was formed without completing meiosis. Source: Internet

A typical embryo sac contains seven cells and eight nuclei, one of which is the egg cell. Source: Internet

It travels near the skin of the style and curls to the bottom of the ovary, then near the receptacle, it breaks through the ovule through the micropyle (an opening in the ovule wall) and the pollen tube "bursts" into the embryo sac. Source: Internet

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