micropyle

Meaning of micropyle

noun

a small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which the pollen tube penetrates, often visible as a small pore in the ripe seed.

early 19th century: from micro- ‘small’ + Greek pulē ‘gate’.

Information about micropyle

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of micropyle is: micropyles.
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Hyphenation of micropyle

mi-cropyle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • micropyle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of micropyle

polymeric

Words that rhyme with micropyle

Pyle, pyle, parapyle, Deipyle, Hypsipyle, aeolipyle, hypsipyle, Deopyle, Ohiopyle, apopyle, prosopyle

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