SINCE 1828
endosperm nucleus
nounDefinition of endosperm nucleus
: the triploid nucleus formed in the embryo sac of a seed plant by fusion of a sperm nucleus with two polar nuclei or with a nucleus formed by the prior fusion of the polar nuclei
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