Associations to the word «Perisperm»

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Wiktionary

PERISPERM, noun. (biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

Dictionary definition

PERISPERM, noun. The nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds.

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