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.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery