| ECTOTHERM | • ectotherm n. (Biology) An animal, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability… • ECTOTHERM n. a cold-blooded animal. |
| ENDOSPERM | • endosperm n. (Biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the… • ENDOSPERM n. in a seed, nutritive tissue formed from the embryo-sac. |
| ENDOTHERM | • endotherm n. (Biology) an animal that maintains a constant body temperature. • ENDOTHERM n. a warm-blooded animal. |
| EURYTHERM | • eurytherm n. (Biology) An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that can function at a wide range of temperatures. • EURYTHERM n. an organism which tolerates a wide range of temperatures. |
| INTERTERM | • interterm adj. Between terms. • INTERTERM n. the period between the end of one academic session and the beginning of the next session. |
| MULTIGERM | • multigerm adj. Comprising more than one germ (reproductive part of a cereal plant). • multigerm n. (Mathematics) A set of germs of a function that have distinct sources and a common target. • MULTIGERM adj. producing or being a fruit cluster capable of giving rise to several plants. |
| OSTEODERM | • osteoderm n. (Anatomy) A bony deposit in the dermal layers of the skin. • OSTEODERM n. a bony dermal plate. |
| PACHYDERM | • pachyderm n. (Obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned… • pachyderm n. (Informal) An elephant. • pachyderm n. (Idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say… |
| PERISPERM | • perisperm n. (Biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed… • PERISPERM n. the albumen of a seed, esp. that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. |
| PLACODERM | • placoderm n. (Paleontology) A member of an extinct class (Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces;… • placoderm adj. (Paleontology) Pertaining to the class Placodermi. • PLACODERM adj. covered with bony scales. |
| PROTODERM | • protoderm n. (Botany) the primary meristem from which the epidermis develops. • PROTODERM n. the dermatogen, the nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. |
| WHEATGERM | • wheatgerm n. Alternative spelling of wheat germ. • wheat␣germ n. Embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel. • WHEATGERM n. the vitamin-rich embryo of the wheat kernel. |
| ZYGOSPERM | • zygosperm n. (Botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of… • ZYGOSPERM n. a spore formed by union of two similar cells, also ZYGOSPORE. |