endosperm
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009089
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: albumen
- exact: endosperma (Spanish)
- exact: 内胚乳、胚乳 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A maximal portion of nutritive plant tissue in a seed. [source: APweb:Glossary, GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal]
- Comment
- In angiosperms endosperm is usually triploid and formed after fertilization by the fusion of one gamete with the polar nucleus; sometimes diploid or polyploid.
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