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perisperm
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English
Etymology
From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.
Noun
perisperm (countable and uncountable, plural perisperms)
- (biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French périsperme.
Noun
perisperm n (plural perisperme)
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