English Explanatory Dictionary

endosperm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

endosperm endosperms

Derived words

endospermic
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