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oösphere
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oösphere, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + E. sphere.].
- An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oögonium. [1913 Webster]" After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an oöspore, which may grow into a new plant like the parent." [1913 Webster]
- An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. Goodale. [1913 Webster]
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