Definition of exine in English:
exine
noun ˈɛksɪnˈɛksʌɪnˈekˌsēn
Botany The decay-resistant outer coating of a pollen grain or spore.
Example sentencesExamples
- This study concentrates on these parameters using purified exines (sporopollenin capsules) prepared from pine pollen, which consist of a central capsule and two lateral sacci.
- Orbicules may be attached to the exine of the pollen grains.
- Short elongated elements occur on the orbicule wall, similar to those present on the pollen exine.
- The final activity of these cells is to deposit their remaining cell contents onto the developing pollen exine, with the only remaining identifiable organelles at this stage being the mitochondria.
- A few grains were seen which had shed the exine and released a circular microgametophyte, although the actual process was not observed.
Origin
Late 19th century: perhaps from ex-2 'out' + Greek is, in- 'fibre'.