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quintine

quintine noun: the embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.

Noun

quintine (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.

Origin of quintine

Latin quintus (“fifth”).

Questions about quintine

What does quintine mean?
Quintine means the embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.
What part of speech is quintine?
Quintine is a noun.

Words near quintine in the dictionary

  1. quintillions
  2. quintillionth
  3. quintillionths
  4. quintin
  5. quintina
  6. quintine
  7. quintinite
  8. quintinomial
  9. quintinomials
  10. quintins
  11. Quintinshill

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