ENDOSPERM
endosperm
(noun) nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
endosperm (plural endosperms)
(biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid
Source: Wiktionary
En"do*sperm, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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