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nonseed

nonseed noun: any biological material that is not a seed.

Noun

nonseed (plural nonseeds)

  1. Any biological material that is not a seed
    • With the absence or poor expression of oil storage protein such as oleosins, if or how TAG is packaged in nonseed tissues has remained a mystery; the identification of LDAP1 and LDAP2 in avocado mesocarp, however, offers an alternative means to study the stabilization of TAG.2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Forms of nonseed

pluralnonseeds

Origin of nonseed

From non- + seed.

Questions about nonseed

What does nonseed mean?
Nonseed means any biological material that is not a seed.
What part of speech is nonseed?
Nonseed is a noun.
What is the plural of nonseed?
The plural of nonseed is nonseeds.

Words near nonseed in the dictionary

  1. nonsedentary
  2. nonsedimentable
  3. nonsedimentary
  4. nonseditious
  5. nonseductive
  6. nonseed
  7. nonseedborne
  8. nonseeds
  9. nonseeing
  10. nonsegmental
  11. nonsegmentation

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