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stylulus

stylulus noun: the elongated apex of a free carpel which functions like the style of a syncarpous ovary, allowing pollen tubes from its stigma to enter the locule of only that carpel.

Noun

stylulus (plural styluli)

  1. The elongated apex of a free carpel which functions like the style of a syncarpous ovary, allowing pollen tubes from its stigma to enter the locule of only that carpel.

Forms of stylulus

pluralstyluli

Questions about stylulus

What does stylulus mean?
Stylulus means the elongated apex of a free carpel which functions like the style of a syncarpous ovary, allowing pollen tubes from its stigma to enter the locule of only that carpel.
What part of speech is stylulus?
Stylulus is a noun.
What is the plural of stylulus?
The plural of stylulus is styluli.

Words near stylulus in the dictionary

  1. stylostatistics
  2. stylostixis
  3. stylotypite
  4. stylous
  5. styluli
  6. stylulus
  7. stylus
  8. styluses
  9. styme
  10. stymes
  11. Stymfalia

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