nonseed

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noun

Any biological material that is not a seed

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Meanings

nounnonseed (plural nonseeds)

plural nonseeds

  1. Any biological material that is not a seed

    With the absence or poor expression of oil storage protein such as oleosins, if or how TAG is packaged in nonseed tissues has remained a mystery; the identification of LDAP1 and LDAP2 in avocado mesocarp, however, offers an alternative means to study the stabilization of TAG.

    2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From non- + seed.

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APA

nonseed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonseed

MLA

“nonseed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonseed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonseed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonseed.

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