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primines

primines is the plural of primine.

Meaning of primine

Noun

primine (plural primines)

  1. The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)
    • In the seed these membranes are called by various names, of which the most frequently used are spermoderm or testa for the primine; mesosperm, for the secondine; and endopleura for the other.1835, John Lindley, A Key to Structural, Physiological, and Systematic Botany, Longman et al. (publishers), page 35

Questions about primines

What is primines the plural of?
Primines is the plural of primine.

Words near primines in the dictionary

  1. primigravids
  2. primigravidæ
  3. primigravity
  4. primina
  5. primine
  6. primines
  7. priming
  8. priming pan
  9. priming pans
  10. priming powder
  11. priming powders

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