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Webster 1913 Edition
Endosperm
En′do-sperm
,Noun.
[
Endo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] seed.] (Bot.)
The albumen of a seed; – limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
Definition 2024
endosperm
endosperm
English
Noun
endosperm (plural endosperms)
- (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid
Derived terms
Translations
tissue
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