nonseed

English

Etymology

non- +‎ seed

Noun

nonseed (plural nonseeds)

  1. Any biological material that is not a seed
    • 2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology‎, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12870-015-0586-2:
      With the absence or poor expression of oil storage protein such as oleosins, if or how TAG is packaged in nonseed tissues has remained a mystery; the identification of LDAP1 and LDAP2 in avocado mesocarp, however, offers an alternative means to study the stabilization of TAG.

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