perisperm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

Word forms

perisperm perisperms

Etymology

From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.

Derived words

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