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The nutritive tissues of the ripened ovary, consisting of the aleurone layer and the starchy endosperm. It serves as food for the germinating embryo; triploid in chromosome number.
Ãâó: www.knowledgebank.irri.org/glossary/Glossary/E.htm
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| endosperm |
(EN-doh-sperm) -- The carbohydrates, usually stored in seed, lacking in orchid seed.
Ãâó: www.psfdev.com/los/glossary/flowrs.html
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| endosperm |
The tissue containing stored food in a seed that surrounds the embryo and is eventually digested by the embryo as it grows.
Ãâó: ucipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/glossary.html
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| endosperm |
Nutritive starch- and oil-containing tissue present in many seeds.
Ãâó: www.lucidcentral.org/keys/FNW/Whole%20key%20html/G...
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| endosperm |
Nutritive tissue near the embryo of the seed; develops from a fusion of polar nuclei and sperm nucleus.
Ãâó: www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/610/glossE.html
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