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tercine Bot.|ˈtɜːsɪn|
[= F. tercine (Mirbel 1828), f. F. tiers, tierce, or L. tertius third: see -ine1.]
A third integument supposed by some to occur in certain ovules: cf. primine.
1832Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) V. 52 note, The extensible side of the secundine, and even of the tercine or nucleus, soon ceases to increase. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. (1870) 322 The embryo-sac is surrounded by a thin layer of cells, which has received the name of tercine. |