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Word: Perisperm
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: from peri- ‘around’ + Greek sperma ‘seed’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛrɪspəːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in some seeds) a mass of nutritive material outside the embryo sac.
Short Definition:(in some seeds) mass of nutritive material outside embryo sac
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