Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a chalaza; containing the chalaza.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the chalaza.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
chalaza .
Etymologies
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chalaza + -al
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Examples
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In _Casuarina_, _Juglans_ and the order Corylaceae, the pollen-tube does not enter by means of the micropyle, but passing down the ovary wall and through the placenta, enters at the chalazal end of the ovule.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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