noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
2. 2
   nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants wordnet

Related phrases

flowering plant

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