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spermoderms

spermoderms is the plural of spermoderm.

Meaning of spermoderm

Noun

spermoderm (plural spermoderms)

  1. (archaic) A seed coat or testa.
    • 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 spermoderms

What is spermoderms the plural of?
Spermoderms is the plural of spermoderm.

Words near spermoderms in the dictionary

  1. spermo-
  2. spermoblast
  3. spermoblasts
  4. spermococcus
  5. spermoderm
  6. spermoderms
  7. spermoduct
  8. spermoducts
  9. spermogenous
  10. spermogone
  11. spermogones

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