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Testa

//ˈtɛstə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A seed coat.

    "The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule."

  2. 2
    protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants wordnet
  3. 3
    The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin testa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Testa.

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