intine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of intine
1825–35; < Latin int ( us ) within + -ine 2
Example Sentences
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Two projective layers form around the mature pollen grain, the inner intine and the outer exine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The pollen contains two cells— a generative cell and a tube cell—and is covered by two layers called the intine and the exine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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
The intine is uniform in different kinds of pollen, thin and transparent, and possesses great power of extension.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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