Endosperm
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Endosperm is a noun meaning (botany) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
Meaning
(botany) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
Word Forms
- endosperms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include albumen, triploid, corneous, floury, ruminate, fleshy.
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