ovular, a. Biol.
(ˈəʊvjuːlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. ōvulāris, f. ōvul-um ovule: see -ar.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an ovule.
| 1855 Ramsbotham Obstetr. Med. 68 The foetal surface has..a smooth, glistening appearance, which it obtains from the two ovular membranes. 1857 Mayne Exp. Lex., Ovularis,..applied by Turpin to a leaf which..constitutes the ovule of plants: ovular. 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex., Abortion, ovular, abortion occurring before the twentieth day of pregnancy. |