Crossword-Solution: PRIMINE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Primine | n. | The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PRIMINE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| OVULE, outer integument of | 1 answer |
| integument surrounding an ovule or the outer of two such integuments | 1 answer |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAAG
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with PRIMINE (5)
The seeds themselves are also closely covered with starry hairs, which are so entangled that they hold the seeds together firmly; these hairs, however, are absent from the upper half of the seed, whose thin brittle vascular primine is shining, smooth, and marked with a brown nipple, the remains of the foramen.
Within the primine lies the bony crustaceous secundine, which is quite loose, and seems as if it were independent of the primine.
Berkeley's carnation the change was not so great, seeing that the nucleus of the ovule was not developed, and sufficient evidence has been above given as to the foliar nature of the primine, while for a leaf to be folded up so as to form a carpel is an ordinary occurrence.
The ovules are the rudimentary seeds, situated in a case at the base of the pistils, each consisting of a central portion, called the nucleus, which is surrounded by two coats, the inner called the secundine, the outer the primine.
Note: In the ripened seed the primine and secundine are usually united to form the testa, or outer seed coat.