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Tissue present in the seeds of angiosperms, external to and surrounding the embryo, that it provides with nourishment in the form of starch or other food reserves. Formed by the division of the endosperm mother cell after fertilization, may be absorbed by the embryo prior to seed maturation or may persist in the mature seed.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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