seed coat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseedandcoat
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seed
noun
uk/siːd/us/siːd/
a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant ...
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coat
noun[C]
uk/kəʊt/us/koʊt/
an outer piece of clothing with sleeves that is worn over other clothes, usually ...
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(Definition ofseedandcoatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofseed coat
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Three seeds were missing completely, and only pieces ofseedcoatremained of the other.
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The time of chippingseedcoatwas recorded by randomly choosing 10 seed samples that contained more than 15 hard seeds.
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Seeds which had theirseedcoatcracked were counted as removed.
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These results indicate that dissipation of dormancy during afterripening was not strongly influenced byseedcoatcolour.
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Germination of seeds was scored as positive when the radicle tip had fully penetrated theseedcoat.
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For those species in which theseedcoatis permeable to salts, moistening of the seeds with saline solutions can cause loss of germinability.
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Theseedcoatbecomes permeable to water and the physiological dormancy of the embryo is broken.
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The endosperm andseedcoatof malting barley accounted for over 96% of the seed mass, compared to 26% in winterfat seeds.
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There seems to be an ageing effect with endogenous breakdown of theseedcoator disruption of the chalazal region.
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However, it must enter through theseedcoatand reach the action site(s) where it can initiate germination.
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However, seeds of two of the taxa were dormant, and no seeds with a splitseedcoatwere ever found.
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This suggests that seed treatment by ants does not cause scarification on theseedcoat.
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Only two of 221 seeds (<1%) monitored beneath the study tree or in the experimental plots germinated, one after itsseedcoatwas damaged.
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Seeds were regarded as germinated when the radicle protruded through theseedcoatand was longer than 2 mm.
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Diaspores are gravity dispersed and theseedcoatrapidly decays, exposing cotyledons to the immediate environment prior to germination.
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However, although theseedcoatremained impermeable, and so imbibition was not possible, there appears to have been a response to the high external humidity.
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