secundine
[ sek-uh n-dahyn, -din ]
/ ˈsɛk ənˌdaɪn, -dɪn /
noun Botany.
the inner integument of an ovule.
Compare
primine.
Origin of secundine
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin
secundīnae (plural) afterbirth
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Example sentences from the Web for secundine
Eventually the end of the thin brittle primine breaks like an eggshell and the secundine falls out.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia |Thomas MitchellThe third thing which makes up the secundine in the alantois, of which there is a great dispute amongst anatomists.
British Dictionary definitions for secundine
secundine
/ (ˈsɛkənˌdaɪn, -dɪn) /
noun
botany rare
one of the two integuments surrounding the ovule of a plant
Word Origin for secundine
C17: from Late Latin
secundīnae, from Latin
secundus following +
-ine . See
second
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