Definition of Sporopollenin

1. Noun. (botany) A combination of biopolymers, observed in the exine layer of the spore and pollen wall. ¹

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Definition of Sporopollenin

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Medical Definition of Sporopollenin

1. Polymer of carotenoids, found in the exine of the pollen wall. Extremely resistant to chemical or enzymic degradation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporopollenin

sporogonium
sporoid
sporont
sporophores
sporophoric
sporophyl
sporophyll
sporophylls
sporophyls
sporophytes
sporophytic
sporoplasm
sporopollenin (current term)
sporopollenins
sporotheca
sporothrix granuloma
sporotrichoses
sporotrichosis
sporotrichositic chancre
sporozoa
sporozoal
sporozoans
sporozoea infections
sporozoic

Literary usage of Sporopollenin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"It was shown previously (12) by cytochemical methods that sporopollenin was a component both of these structures and of the spore wall, and our observations ..."

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