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单词 mesosperm
释义

mesospermn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, -sperm comb. form.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + -sperm comb. form. Compare French mésosperme (1868 in Littré). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·sospə̄ɹm) /ˈmɛsəʊspɜːm/.
Botany. Obsolete.
The inner coat of the ovule when retained as a distinct layer in the seed. Cf. sarcoderm n.
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1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §578 Sometimes the secundine remains distinct in the seed, forming what has been called a mesosperm; and when it assumes a fleshy character, it has received the name of sarcosperm or sarcoderm.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 738/2 Mesosperm, the same as Sarcoderm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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