a. [f. prec. + -AL.] Pertaining to the chalaza.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), I. 398. The amphitropal ovule, whose foraminal and chalazal ends are traverse with respect to the hilum.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 580. The cells at its lower (chalazal) end.
