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TESTA (testae)
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Irregular inflected form: testae
Dictionary entry overview: What does testa mean?
• TESTA (noun)
The noun TESTA has 1 sense:
1. protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
Familiarity information: TESTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("testa" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Holonyms ("testa" is a part of...):
seed (a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa)
Derivation:
testaceous (relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell)
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