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Endospore vs Endosperm - What's the difference?

endospore | endosperm |

As nouns the difference between endospore and endosperm

is that endospore is the inner layer of a spore while endosperm is (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.

endospore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The inner layer of a spore
  • A small vegetative spore produced by some bacteria

    • See also

    * exospore ----

    endosperm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid

    • Derived terms

    * endospermic

    External links

    * ("endosperm" on Wikipedia)