perisperm

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noun

The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

OriginFrench périsperme →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounperisperm (countable and uncountable, plural perisperms)

plural perisperms

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

Origin

  1. Frenchpérisperme
  2. Englishperisperm

From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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