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Meaning of PERISPERM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Per"i*sperm\, n. [F. p['e]risperme. See {Peri-}, and
{Sperm}.] (Bot.)
The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is
formed outside of the embryo sac. -- {Per`i*sper"mic}, a.
 
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 Definition: Nutritive tissue in an angiospermous seed, formed from the nucellus. Compare endosperm.
 

 

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