Setting is the when and where of a literary text. For example, the novel Gone With the Wind takes place in and around Atlanta, Georgia, and the plot-or action-occurs before, during and after the Civil War. Although it's a simple concept, setting is a vital literary element.
ovum. pl. ova [L.] egg; the female reproductive or germ cell which, after fertilization, is capable of developing into a new member of the same species; sometimes applied to any stage of the fertilized germ cell during cleavage and even until hatching or birth of the new animal. centrolecithal ovum.
ovÂ·ule. n. 1. Botany A structure in seed plants that consists of the embryo sac surrounded by the nucellus and one or two integuments and that develops into a seed after it is fertilized. 2. Zoology A small or immature ovum.