synergid
small cells near the egg at the micropylar end of the embryo sac in the ovule
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
synergid Cells in the embryo sac of angiosperms that flank the egg cell. The pollen tube grows through one (usually the smaller) of the synergids. PICTURE ...
synergid Two haploid cells on either side of the egg cell at the micropylar end of the embryo sac.
2 synergids. In corn, and probably other angiosperms, they secrete a sperm attractant which guides the sperm through the micropyle into the embryo sac.
There are usually eight (haploid) cells in the female gametophyte: a) one egg, two synergids flanking the egg (located at the micropyle end of the embryo sac); b) two polar nuclei in the center of the embryo sac; ...
 See also: Embryo sac, Embryo, Egg, Cells, Seed
  
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