spermodermn.
/ˈspəːməʊdəm/ Botany.
The combined outer and inner integuments of a seed, or the outer of these by itself.
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1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 184/1 The external coverings of the seed..are called the testa, perisperm, or spermoderm.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 337 Some writers..use the word testa in a general sense for the two integuments, and call the external one spermoderm.
1864 Year-bk. Med. 1863 (New Sydenham Soc.) 427 The spermoderm of the bean..is also poisonous.
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