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tes·ta  (tst)
n. pl. tes·tae (-t)
The often thick or hard outer coat of a seed.
[Latin, shell.]
testa [ˈtɛstə]
n pl -tae [-tiː]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a hard protective outer layer of the seeds of flowering plants; seed coat
[from Latin: shell; see test2]
testa  (tst)
Plural testae (tst)
See seed coat.
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Noun1.testa - protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plantstesta - protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
episperm, seed coat
reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
seed - a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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SOURCES OF NON-OED WORDS Chambers English Dictionary: LATERISATION, MERCERISE, MONOLOGISE, NECROTISE, SELUQI, ZOOEIDES Collins English Dictionary: TESTAE The Electronic Aiveary: OUSTIQUE Nomenclator Zoologicus: XENONOLA, XENOSINA Stedmans Medical Dictionary: ZOOGLEAS The Times Index Gazetteer of the World: QUSEIR Websters Second Edition: JACATE, TRES-TINE Word Ways: XESTES (92081) FIOREX is the brand name of a pain killer SEXEST is a variant of both SEXIST and SEXIEST .
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