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The other end is called the chalazal end.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Three cells called antipodals are at the chalazal end.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In Casuarina, Juglans and the order Corylaceae, the pollen-tube does not enter by means of the micropyle, but passing down the ovary wall and through the placenta, enters at the chalazal end of the ovule.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

At the apical end, next the micropyle, is the egg-apparatus, comprising the egg-cell or ovum flanked by the two synergid� or helping-cells, while the basal or chalazal end is occupied by the three antipodal 'cells'.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various