chalaza

English Thesaurus

1. one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal tissue,
definition	:	the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body)

part meronym	:	egg,
definition	:	animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds (noun.animal)

2. basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant part, plant structure,
definition	:	any part of a plant or fungus (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	ovule,
definition	:	a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization (noun.plant)