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embryo sac

em·bry·o sac (plural em·bry·o sacs)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant structure for developing embryo: a large oval cell found inside a female reproductive organ ovule of a flowering plant that contains the egg cell, which gives rise to the embryo and the endosperm nuclei

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