chalaza
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 7
/kəˈleɪzə/
Definition of chalaza
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
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noun
- The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
- One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).
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