Ō'vū-lum, n.

noun

n.; pl. ō'vū-LA. [N. Lat., diminutive of Lat. ovum, egg.]

  1. (Physiol.) A little egg; hence, applied to small vesicles, like those found in the ovary of mammiferous animals. Dunglison.
  2. (Bot.) An ovule. See OVULE.