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intine

American

[in-teen, -tahyn] / ˈɪn tin, -taɪn /

noun

Botany.

the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.

intine British

/ -taɪn, ˈɪntɪn, -tiːn /

noun

the inner wall of a pollen grain or a spore Compare exine

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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

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

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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