Endosperm

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Endosperm \En"do*sperm\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? seed.] (Bot.)
     The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that
     formed within the embryo sac.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  endosperm
       n : nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of
           flowering plants