endosperm
English edit
Noun edit
endosperm (plural endosperms)
- (biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
tissue
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Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French endosperme or German Endosperm.
Noun edit
endosperm n (plural endosperme)
Declension edit
Declension of endosperm
singular | plural | |||
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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 |