testa

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A seed coat.

   The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.

2. noun The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Similar words

seed coat episperm crustaceous test spermoderm seedcoat integument tegmen endotesta exotesta

Often followed by

and of de di is in e et ment

Word family

testae