Perisperm
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perisperm is a noun meaning (biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
Meaning
(biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
Word Forms
- perisperms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endosperm, episperm, vitellus, mesosperm, nucellus, pericarp.
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