ovular

1. 1.

   being or of the nature of an ovule
2. 2.

   of or relating to an ovum

Questions about ovular

What does ovular mean?

ovular means "being or of the nature of an ovule". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ovular?

ovular has 3 syllables and divides as o-vu-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ovular a common word?

ovular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.