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ENDOSPERM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants
Classified under:
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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