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SEED COAT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does seed coat mean?

• SEED COAT (noun)
The noun SEED COAT has 1 sense:

1. protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants

Familiarity information: SEED COAT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEED COAT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

episperm; seed coat; testa

Hypernyms ("seed coat" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Holonyms ("seed coat" 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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