exine
/ˈeksɪn/noun
- Botany the decay-resistant outer coating of a pollen grain or spore. It typically bears a highly characteristic surface pattern which is used in palynology.【植】花粉粒外壁; 孢子外壁。
词源
late 19th cent.: perhaps from EX-2 'out'+Greek is, in- 'fibre'.