âº the skill or trade of a carpenter, or the work done by a carpenter: That staircase is a beautiful piece of carpentry. (Definition of âcarpentryâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âcarpentryâ.
Define reproductive cell. reproductive cell synonyms, reproductive cell pronunciation, reproductive cell translation, English dictionary definition of reproductive cell. A cell whose nucleus unites with that of a cell of the opposite sex to form a new organism. A reproductive cell contains only a single (haploid) set of chromosomes. Animal egg and sperm cells, the nuclei in grains of pollen, and egg cells in plant ovules are all reproductive cells. Also called gamete, sex cell. See Note at mitosis.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia. (also ovicell), in plants, the female sex cell; the relatively large nonmotile cell that is the parent cell of a new organism. The egg cell occurs in all higher plants and in certain algae and fungi (in oogamous species it is formed in the oogonia). In bryophytes, Lycopodiales, and gymnosperms the egg cell originates in the archegonia; in angiosperms it is a component of the egg apparatus of the embryo sac. The shape and size of the egg cell vary in different plants.