the outer coat of a spore, esp. a pollen grain; exine
Word origin
[1825–35; ‹ L ext(imus) most outward + -ine1]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: panda, relativity, runway, self-help, spiritualism-ine is a suffix of adjectives of Greek or Latin origin, meaning “of or pertaining to,”“of the nature of,” “made of,” “like”. Other words that use the affix -ine include: asinine, crystalline, equine, marine
Examples of 'extine' in a sentence
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Finally, a predictive gene regulatory module responsible for early pollen extine formation was generated.
Zhanjie Li, Peipei Zhang, Jinyang Lv, Yufeng Cheng, Jianmin Cui, Huixian Zhao, ShengwuHu 2016, 'Global Dynamic Transcriptome Programming of Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) Anther atDifferent Development Stages.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854403?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)