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extine
[ ek-steen, -stahyn ]
extine
/ -taɪn; ˈɛkstɪn; -tiËn /
noun
- another name for exine
extine
/ Ä•°ì′²õ³Ùŧ²Ô′,-²õ³ÙÄ«²Ô′ /
- See exine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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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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