Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Micropyle \Mi"cro*pyle\, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? gate, orifice: cf.
F. micropyle.] (Biol.)
(a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by
which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the
spermatozoa permitted.
(b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the
fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- Mi*crop"y*lar,
a.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
micropyle
n 1: minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the
pollen tube enters