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Exothecium

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exosporiumnoun(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exotestanoun(botany) The outer layer of the testa, derived from the outer integument of the ovule.
exotegmennoun(botany) The part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the inner integument
exinenoun(botany, palynology) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.
zootheciumnoun(zoology) The outer layer of certain protozoans.
exostemanoun(botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Exostema.
exostomenoun(botany) The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
endotheciumnoun(botany) The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules
integumentnoun(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
episporenoun(botany) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
ectooeciumnounThe outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.
exodermnounAn outer layer of skin.
exosporenounThe outer layer of a spore, especially in some algae and fungi.
exothrixnounAlternative form of ectothrix. [A sheath of conidia, on the outside of a hair, caused by a parasitic fungus]
extinenoun(archaic, botany) exine
sexinenoun(palynology) The outer part of the exine, the outer covering of a pollen grain
exothecanoun(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
exotheliumnoun(anatomy) A layer of flattened epithelial cells around an organ.
elytronnounA sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
epiphloeumnoun(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.

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