chalaza
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
Types & categories
- plant part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ovule part holonym
Sense 2 noun
one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
Types & categories
- animal tissue hypernym
Parts & wholes
- egg part holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ovule |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant part |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | egg |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal tissue |