Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The protective, often hard outer coat of a seed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, a test.
- noun In botany, the outer integument or coat of a seed: it is usually hard and brittle, whence the name, which answers to seed-shell. See
seed , 1. Also test, spermoderm, and episperm. - noun [capitalized] A name of the star Vega.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
seed coat - noun marine biology The external
calciferous shell, orendoskeleton , of anechinoderm ; thetest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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For instance, the Latin word testa once meant a pot, and became slang for "head," something like the word "noggin" in English.
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"n. |capitalized| A name of the star Vega."
--Cent. Dict.
October 17, 2012