aperture membrane

noun

aperture membrane

noun

1

Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Palynology, Physical sciences Section of exine forming the base of an aperture

In germinating grains the aperture membrane is pushed open like a lid.1952, Gunnar Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy, →ISBN, page 466:

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