testa
Americannoun
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a hard protective outer layer of the seeds of flowering plants; seed coat
plural
testae-
See seed coat
Etymology
Origin of testa
First recorded in 1790–1800; from New Latin, Latin; test 2
Example Sentences
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O LIT também testa produtos para a indústria – como carros, telefones e até banheiras.
From Science Magazine • May 26, 2022
Cure is a mecca for carnivores; the shareable salumi plate alone comes with no fewer than 17 types of cold meats, including lamb culatello, coppa di testa and duck rillettes.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015
The testa is far better than it sounds--like a fatty but delicately flavored sausage, topped with a little vinegar salad for bite.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fruit fleshy, ovoid, acute and somewhat curved at the end enclosing a seed with coriaceous, downy testa.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Each fibre is formed by the outgrowth of a single epidermal cell of the testa or outer coat of the seed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
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