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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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis