testa
Syllables: tes·ta/ˈtɛstə/
testa noun: a seed coat.
Noun
testa (plural testas or testae or testæ)
- A seed coat.
- The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
- The seeds are furnished with a reticulated testa, very much in appearance like that of the seeds of two closely-allied pericarps in the cabinet of my friend Mr. Ward, of Wellclose-square, the names of which I have been unable to obtain, but which present strong evidence of belonging to the Malvaceæ.1840, James Scott Bowerbank, A History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, page 30
- The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
Proper noun capitalized: Testa
Testa (plural Testas)
- A surname from Italian.
testa meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
testa in Tamil
- விதை மேல் உறை, விதை மெல்லுறை, விதையின் வெளியுறை, தலை
testa in Malayalam
- ബീജകവചം, വിത്തിൻ്റെ ബാഹ്യകവചം
Examples of testa in a sentence
- Thus, two conditions must be satisfied for the testas to have this effect: contact between the testas and the radicle, and the presence of at least half of the testas.1977, Commonwealth Scientific, Industrial Research Organization, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, page 354:
- One of the most remarkable features of cultivated beans is the enormous range of testa colours and patterns which can be found.2007, J. Smartt, “Evolution of American Phaseolus beans under domestication”, in Peter John Ucko, G. W. Dimbleby, editors, The...
Forms of testa
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | testas |
| plural | testae |
| plural | testæ |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Testas |
Origin of testa
Borrowed from Latin testa.
Borrowed from Italian Testa.
Words formed from testa
Phrases with testa
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Questions about testa
- What does testa mean?
- Testa means a seed coat.
- What is testa in Tamil?
- Testa in Tamil is விதை மேல் உறை, விதை மெல்லுறை, விதையின் வெளியுறை. See Testa meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use testa in a sentence?
- Thus, two conditions must be satisfied for the testas to have this effect: contact between the testas and the radicle, and the presence of at least half of the testas.
- What part of speech is testa?
- Testa can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce testa?
- Testa is pronounced /ˈtɛstə/.
- What is the plural of testa?
- The plural of testa is testas.
Words near testa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: testa (page history and authors); Testa (page history and authors); testa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); testa (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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