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Answer for the clue "Central part of a plant ovule ", 8 letters:
nucellus

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments.

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Nucellus \Nu*cel"lus\, n.; pl. Nucelli . [NL., dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.] (Bot.) See Nucleus , 3 (a) .

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n. central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac [also: nucelli (pl)]