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tercine

tercine noun: a cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.

Noun

tercine

  1. (archaic) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.

Origin of tercine

Borrowed from French tercine, from Latin tertius (“the third”).

Questions about tercine

What does tercine mean?
Tercine means a cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.
What part of speech is tercine?
Tercine is a noun.

Words near tercine in the dictionary

  1. terchlorids
  2. tercian
  3. tercians
  4. tercile
  5. terciles
  6. tercine
  7. tercio
  8. tercios
  9. terconazole
  10. terdiurnal
  11. Tere Asar

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