endosperm

English

Noun

endosperm (plural endosperms)

1. (biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.

Derived terms

• endospermic

Translations

tissue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: endosperm m
• Finnish: endospermi, siemenvalkuainen
• French: albumen (fr) m
• German: Endosperm n
• Greek: ενδοσπέρμιο (el) n (endospérmio)
• Hindi: भ्रूणपोष m (bhrūṇpoṣ)
• Hungarian: endospermium, táplálószövet, magfehérje, magbél
• Icelandic: fræhvíta f
• Italian: endosperma m
• Latvian: endosperma f, miltums m
• Lithuanian: endosperma f
• Polish: bielmo (pl) n
• Portuguese: endosperma m
• Romanian: endosperm (ro) n
• Spanish: endosperma m
• Swedish: frövita c
• Tagalog: lukad

Further reading

• endosperm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French endosperme or German Endosperm.

Noun

endosperm n (plural endosperme)

1. endosperm

Declension

Declension of endosperm

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) endosperm	endospermul	(niște) endosperme	endospermele
genitive/dative	(unui) endosperm	endospermului	(unor) endosperme	endospermelor
vocative	endospermule		endospermelor