extine

English

Etymology

From Latin ext- (in extimus (“most outward”)) +‎ -ine.[1] Compare intine.

Noun

extine (plural extines)

  1. (archaic, botany) exine

References

  1. ^ “extine, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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