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perisperms

perisperms is the plural of perisperm.

Meaning of perisperm

Noun

perisperm (countable and uncountable, plural perisperms)

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

Questions about perisperms

What is perisperms the plural of?
Perisperms is the plural of perisperm.

Words near perisperms in the dictionary

  1. perispeckle
  2. perispeckles
  3. perisperm
  4. perispermal
  5. perispermic
  6. perisperms
  7. perispheric
  8. perispherical
  9. perisphinctid
  10. perisphinctids
  11. perisphinctoid

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