perisperm

English

Etymology

From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.

Noun

perisperm (plural perisperms)

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

Derived terms

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