Definitions | chalaza |
| noun (chalaza, e)
- (zoology) A spiral band which attaches to the yolk of an egg, suspending it in the egg white, white
- (botany) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (chalaza) "hailstone, lump"
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