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extine

[ ek-steen, -stahyn ]

noun

, Botany.


extine

/ -taɪn; ˈɛkstɪn; -tiːn /

noun

  1. another name for exine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


extine

/ ĕkstēn′,-stīn′ /

  1. See exine


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Word History and Origins

Origin of extine1

1825–35; < Latin ext ( imus ) most outward + -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of extine1

C19: from Latin extimus outermost + -ine 1

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