primine

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noun

The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)

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Meanings

nounprimine (plural primines)

plural primines

  1. biologyThe outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)

    In the seed these membranes are called by various names, of which the most frequently used are spermoderm or testa for the primine; mesosperm, for the secondine; and endopleura for the other.

    1835, John Lindley, A Key to Structural, Physiological, and Systematic Botany, Longman et al. (publishers), page 35
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