Endosperm

A food-containing tissue in seed plants that nourishes the embryo.


The food-storage tissue within a seed that commonly surrounds the embryo, absent from the seeds of some species if absorbed during development.


Structural component of cereal grains made up mostly of starch and some protein.


The albumin of a seed.


Tissue within the seed that is formed by most flowering plants to provide nutrients for the developing embryo.


The portion of a seed in which the embryonic plant forms.


 


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