Secundines
noun, Botany.
1.
the inner integument of an ovule.
plural noun
1.
(physiol) a technical word for afterbirth
noun
1.
(botany, rare) one of the two integuments surrounding the ovule of a plant
secundines se·cun·dines (sē-kŭn’dīnz’, sěk’ən-dīnz’)
pl.n.
See afterbirth.
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