ENDOSPERM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("endosperm" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Holonyms ("endosperm" is a part of...):

seed (a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa)

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