primine

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primine (plural primines)

  1. (botany) The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)
    • 1835, John Lindley, A Key to Structural, Physiological, and Systematic Botany[1], Longman et al. (publishers), page 35:
      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.

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primine f

  1. plural of primina

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