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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
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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