Word Meanings - CHALAZAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Related words: (words related to CHALAZAL)

• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• CHALAZAL
  Of or pertaining to the chalaza.
• CHALAZA
  The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach