Spermoderm

Quick meaning: Spermoderm is a noun meaning (botany, archaic) A seed coat or testa.

Meaning

(botany, archaic) A seed coat or testa.

Example Sentences

In the seed these membranes are called by various names, of which the most frequently used are spermoderm or testa for the primine; mesosperm, for the secondine; and endopleura for the other.

[…] The general covering of the seed is called spermoderm (σπέρμα, seed, and δέρμα, covering). […] The Spermoderm usually consists of two parts, an external membrane, called the episperm or testa (ἐπί, upon, or on the outside, and σπέρμα, a seed, or testa, a shell), and an internal membrane, called endopleura (ἔνδον, within, and πλευρά, side).

Word Forms

• spermoderms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include testa, mesosperm, test, spermatophyte, episperm, spermary.

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