Crossword-Solution: SECUNDINE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Secundine | n. | The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine. |
| Secundine | n. | The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural. |
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| one of the two integuments surrounding the ovule of a plant | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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ZECMEA
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eruption
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Sentences with SECUNDINE (5)
Entering afterwards upon the scene of the world, we arise up and become another creature; performing the reasonable actions of man, and obscurely manifesting that part of divinity in us, but not in complement and perfection, till we have once more cast our secundine, that is, this slough of flesh, and are delivered into the last world, that is, that ineffable place of Paul, that proper _ubi_ of spirits.
Within the primine lies the bony crustaceous secundine, which is quite loose, and seems as if it were independent of the primine.
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.
BUT however, we should be grossly mistaken, if from hence, we did conclude, that the _SECUNDINE_ adher’d to _any other Part_, than the _Bottom_ of the WOMB: Since such erroneous _Apprehensions_ are merely occasion’d by the various _Motion_, or oblique _Position_ of the WOMB; as hereafter will appear more at large.