micropyles

Meaning of micropyles

plural 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 micropyles

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

mi-cropy-les

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • micropyles is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with micropyles

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