endosperm

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Noun

endosperm (plural endosperms)

  1. (biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French endosperme or German Endosperm.

Noun

endosperm n (plural endosperme)

  1. endosperm

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