testa

American  

[tes-tuh] / ˈtɛs tə /

noun

Botany.

plural

testae

1. the outer, usually hard, integument of a seed.

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testa British  

/ ˈtɛstə /

noun

1. a hard protective outer layer of the seeds of flowering plants; seed coat

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testa Scientific  

/ tĕs′tə /

plural

testae

1. See seed coat

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Etymology

Origin of testa

First recorded in 1790–1800; from New Latin, Latin; test ²

Example Sentences

O LIT também testa produtos para a indústria – como carros, telefones e até banheiras.

From Science Magazine • May 26, 2022

Cure is a mecca for carnivores; the shareable salumi plate alone comes with no fewer than 17 types of cold meats, including lamb culatello, coppa di testa and duck rillettes.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015

The testa is far better than it sounds--like a fatty but delicately flavored sausage, topped with a little vinegar salad for bite.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seeds convex on dorsum, 1/2 cm. broad by 1 cm. long, testa black.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

The nitrogen of the testa, or covering of the seeds, will hardly be so assimilable as that which exists in their cotyledons.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir