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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Episperm \Ep"i*sperm\, n. [Pref. epi- + Gr ? seed: cf F.
['e]pisperme.] (Bot.)
The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See
{Testa}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
episperm
n : protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn: {testa},
{seed coat}]
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