CHALAZA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

2.
n.

A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.


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