Meanings
nounendosperm (plural endosperms)
plural endosperms
- biologyThe tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 胚乳
- 胚乳 (pēirǔ)tissue
Czech endosperm
- endospermtissue
Finnish endospermi, siemenvalkuainen
- endospermitissue
- siemenvalkuainentissue
French albumen
- albumentissue
German Endosperm
- Endospermtissue
Greek ενδοσπέρμιο
- ενδοσπέρμιο (endospérmio)tissue
Hindi भ्रूणपोष
- भ्रूणपोष (bhrūṇpoṣ)tissue
Hungarian endospermium, táplálószövet
- endospermiumtissue
- táplálószövettissue
- magfehérjetissue
- magbéltissue
Icelandic fræhvíta
- fræhvítatissue
Italian endosperma
- endospermatissue
Latvian endosperma, miltums
- endospermatissue
- miltumstissue
Lithuanian endosperma
- endospermatissue
Polish bielmo
- bielmotissue
Portuguese endosperma
- endospermatissue
Romanian endosperm
- endospermtissue
Spanish endosperma
- endospermatissue
Swedish frövita
- frövitatissue
Tagalog lukad
- lukadtissue
Cite this entry
APA
endosperm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endosperm
MLA
“endosperm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endosperm. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endosperm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endosperm.
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