nexine
/ˈnɛksɪn/ /ˈnɛksʌɪn/ /ˈnɛksiːn/Botany
noun
In the wall of a pollen grain or spore: the inner layer of the exine, lacking the sculpturing characteristic of the outermost layer (the sexine).
Origin
1940s. From n- (in non-sculptured) + exine: see quot. 1948.
- pseudonymous
- pseudonymously
- pseudo-object
- pseudo-operation
- pseudo-operculum
- pseudo-order
- pseudo-organic
- pseudoparalysis
- pseudoparasite
- pseudoparasitic
- pseudoparenchyma
- pseudoparenchymatous
- term of years
- term paper
- terms of reference
- terms of trade
- term time
- tern
- ternary
- ternary form
- ternate
- ternately
- terne
- terne metal
- terne plate