exine

English

Colourised SEM image of (the exines of) various pollen grains

Etymology

From German Exine, from Latin ex- + German -ine.

Noun

exine (plural exines)

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

   Synonym: extine (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• intine (inner wall)

Derived terms

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

Translations

outer layer of a pollen grain or spore

• Catalan: exina (ca) f
• Czech: exina f
• French: exine (fr) f
• German: Exine f
• Hebrew: דָּפְנַת הָאַבְקָה f, דָּפְנָה (he) f (dofna)
• Ido: exino (io)
• Irish: eisín
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 외표벽 (oepyobyeok)
• Portuguese: exina f
• Romanian: exină (ro) f

Further reading

• Pollen § Structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia