chalaza
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kəˈleɪzə/
chalaza (plural chalazas)
- (botany) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
- (zoology) One of the two spiral#Adjective|spiral band#Noun|bands which attach the yolk of an egg#Noun|egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
- cicatricula
- kenning (obsolete)
- tread, treadle
- French: chalaze
- Spanish: chalaza
- Spanish: chalaza
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