HyperDic: endosperm

English > 1 sense of the word endosperm:
NOUNplantendospermnutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants
endosperm > pronunciation
Soundseh'ndahsper.m
Rhymesaffirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm...
English > endosperm: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningnutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.
Part ofseedA mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
Broaderreproductive structureThe parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
Spanishendosperma, endospermo
Catalanendosperma

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