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sporopollenins

sporopollenins is the plural of sporopollenin.

Meaning of sporopollenin

Noun

sporopollenin (countable and uncountable, plural sporopollenins)

  1. A combination of biopolymers, observed in the exine layer of the spore and pollen wall.
    • Spores and pollen, collectively known as sporomorphs, are the tiny reproductive structures of land plants, and have a highly resistant outer wall made of a biopolymer called sporopollenin.2017 January 4, Susannah Lydon, “Bring me sunshine in your spores”, in The Guardian

Questions about sporopollenins

What is sporopollenins the plural of?
Sporopollenins is the plural of sporopollenin.

Words near sporopollenins in the dictionary

  1. sporoplasmogenic
  2. sporoplasms
  3. sporopollen
  4. sporopollenin
  5. sporopolleninous
  6. sporopollenins
  7. sporopollinic
  8. sporormiaceous
  9. sporosac
  10. sporosacs
  11. sporosphere

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