testa
noun
the outer, usually hard, integument of a seed.
testae
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pluralof testa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I have looked at the seeds; I never saw in the British orchids nearly so many empty testae; but this goes for nothing, as unnatural conditions would account for it.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
One point makes the above view more probable in Acropera than in other cases, viz. the presence of rudimentary placentae or testae, for I cannot hear that these have been observed in the male plants.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
