perisperm

== English == === Etymology === From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm. === Noun === perisperm (countable and uncountable, plural perisperms) (biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms. ==== Derived terms ==== perispermic == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French périsperme. === Noun === perisperm n (plural perisperme) perisperm ==== Declension ====