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Oosphere | Oosphere \O"["o]*sphere\ ([=o]"[-o]*sf[=e]r), n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + E. sphere.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an o["o]gonium. [1913 Webster] Note: After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an o["o]spore, which may grow into a new plant like the parent. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. --Goodale. [1913 Webster] |
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