| Pronunciation: | | 'endu`spurm
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| Matching Terms: | | Endospermic
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants |
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| | See Also: | | reproductive structure, seed |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En"do*sperm\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? seed.] (Bot.)
The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that
formed within the embryo sac.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Nutritive tissue in a seed; in angiosperms it's triploid and is formed in the embryo sac after fertilization. In gymnosperms, it's haploid and is derived from the sterile portion of the female gametophyte. Compare perisperm. |
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| | Synonyms: | | albumen |
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