Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
PERISPERM
perisperm
(noun) the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
perisperm (plural perisperms)
(biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
Source: Wiktionary
Per"i*sperm, n. Etym: [F. périsperme. See Peri-, and Sperm.] (Bot.)
Definition: The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac.
– Per`i*sper"mic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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