Associations to the word «Perisperm»
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
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.