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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