Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the nucellus of flowering plants.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the nucellus

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Examples

  • Several trees may emerge from the single seed, but one of the stronger nucellar ones are more likely to survive.

    4: Multipurpose trees 1996

  • (nucellar) embryos that developed from the parent tree's own tissue, the nucellus.

    4: Multipurpose trees 1996

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