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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, the outer integument of an ovule when two are present, contrasted with the inner, or secundine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two)

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