aperture membrane

noun

Section of exine forming the base of an aperture

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nounaperture membrane (plural aperture membranes)

plural aperture membranes

  1. biologySection of exine forming the base of an aperture

    In germinating grains the aperture membrane is pushed open like a lid.

    1952, Gunnar Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy, →ISBN, page 466
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