extine

American

[ek-steen, -stahyn] / ˈɛk stin, -staɪn /

noun

Botany.

exine.

extine British

/ -taɪn, ˈɛkstɪn, -tiːn /

noun

another name for exine

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extine Scientific

/ ĕk′stēn′,-stīn′ /

See exine

Etymology

Origin of extine

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

Example Sentences

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They increase in size and acquire a cell-wall, which becomes differentiated into an outer cuticular layer, or extine, and an inner layer, or intine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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