primine

[ prahy-min ]

noun

, Botany.

1. the outer integument of an ovule.

primine

/ ˈpraɪmɪn /

noun

1. rare.
   botany the integument surrounding an ovule or the outer of two such integuments Compare secundine

Word History and Origins

Origin of primine¹

1825–35; < Latin prīm ( us ) first ( prime ) + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of primine¹

C19: via French from Latin prīmus first

Example Sentences

When two, one has been called Primine, the other Secundine.

From Project Gutenberg

Primine, the outer coat of the covering of the ovule, 110.

From Project Gutenberg

The ovules are the rudimentary seeds, situated in a case at the base of the pistils, each consisting of a central portion, called the nucleus, which is surrounded by two coats, the inner called the secundine, the outer the primine.

From Project Gutenberg

In this second class of cases the corolla is papilionaceous, the filaments free, the carpellary leaf on a long stalk provided with stipules, its blade more or less like the usual carpel, with its margins disunited or more commonly united with the ovules in the interior, sometimes represented by a foliaceous, dentate primine only.

From Project Gutenberg

In one case the carpel was closed above, gaping below, where it gave origin to several leaflets, the lower ones oval, dentate, like ordinary leaflets, the upper ones merely lanceolate, leafy lobes, representing the primine reduced to a foliaceous condition.

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