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extine

[ ek-steen, -stahyn ]

noun

Botany.


extine

/ -taɪn; ˈɛkstɪn; -tiËn /

noun

  1. another name for exine
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extine

/ Ä•°ì′²õ³Ùŧ²Ô′,-²õ³ÙÄ«²Ô′ /

  1. See exine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of extine1

1825–35; < Latin ext ( imus ) most outward + -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of extine1

C19: from Latin extimus outermost + -ine 1
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They increase in size and acquire a cell-wall, which becomes differentiated into an outer cuticular layer, or extine, and an inner layer, or intine.

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Extine, outer coat of a pollen-grain.

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The mature pollen-grain is, like other spores, a single cell; except in the case of some submerged aquatic plants, it has a double wall, a thin delicate wall of unaltered cellulose, the endospore or intine, and a tough outer cuticularized exospore or extine.

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