exine

English

Etymology

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Noun

exine (plural exines)

1. (botany, palynology) the outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.

Coordinate terms

• intine (the inner layer of the pollen cell)

Derived terms

• ektexine
• endexine
• exinal
• exineless
• nexine
• primexine
• sexine

Translations

outer layer of a pollen grain or spore

• Catalan: exina (ca) f
• French: exine (fr) f
• German: Exine f
• Hebrew: דָּפְנַת הָאַבְקָה f, דָּפְנָה (he) f (dofna)
• Ido: exino (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: eisín
• Korean: 외표벽 (oepyobyeok)
• Portuguese: exina f
• Romanian: exină (ro) f

See also

• Pollen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia