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Definition: SCUTELLUM |
SCUTELLUMNoun1. One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. 2. The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. 3. A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. |
Etymology: Scutellum \Scu*tel"lum\, noun; plural Scutella. [New Latin expression, neut. diminutive of Latin scutum shield.]. (references) |
"SCUTELLUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: scuttle, scuttled. |
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A seed is the ripened ovule of a gymnosperm or angiosperm. A seed contains the embryo from which a new plant will grow under proper conditions. But it also contains a supply of stored food and is wrapped in a seed coat. The stored food begins as a tissue called endosperm that is supplied by the parent plant and becomes rich in oil or starch, and protein. In some species, the embryo is imbedded in the endosperm, which the seedling will use upon germination. In others, the endosperm is absorbed by the embryo as the latter grows within the developing seed, and the cotyledons of the embryo become filled with the stored food. At maturity, seeds of these species have no endosperm. Some common plant seeds that lack an endosperm are bean, pea, squash, sunflower, and radish. Plant seeds with an endosperm include the grasses, such as maize, and castor bean and coconut.The seed coat develops from tissues (called integument) originally surrounding the ovule. The seed coat in the mature seed can be a paper thin layer (for example, peanut) or something more substantial.
Seeds may be contained in a protective seed pod or a fruit as they develop.
Plants have evolved many ways for their seeds to disperse and spread the population. Some seeds are attached to feather-light fibre parachutes that may be blown by the wind. Others have prickly burrs or spikes that will attach themselves to a passing animal's fur so that the animal will carry them away. Seedpods are often designed and shaped so that the seeds are flung away from the parent plant with great force when the seedpod springs open. And lastly, many seeds are contained within a sweet and juicy fruit that invites animals and birds to consume it. These seeds have a tough protective outer-coating so that while the fruit is digested, the seeds will pass through their host's digestive tract intact, and grow wherever they fall.
See also : stratification, germination
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Seed."
Crosswords: SCUTELLUM |
| English words defined with "SCUTELLUM": Exscutellate ♦ Postscutellum ♦ Scutella, Scutelliform, Scutum. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SCUTELLUM": Postscutellum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SCUTELLUM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (escutcheon). |
| Language | Translations for "SCUTELLUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | щитовидна люспица. (various references) | |
Danish | skjold (continental shield, craton, escutcheon, fairing, guard plate, plate guard, plate type guard, protecting screen, protective shield, screen, shield, shield block). (various references) | |
Dutch | scutellum (escutcheon), schildje. (various references) | |
Finnish | sirkkakilpi, scutellum, kilpi (coat of arms, door-plate, escutcheon, shield, sign plate). (various references) | |
French | scutellum, petit bouclier. (various references) | |
German | Schildchen (escutcheon). (various references) | |
Greek | μικρή ασπίδα, ασπίδιο. (various references) | |
Italian | scudetto (badge, bud, bud shield, chip bud). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utellumscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escutelo (escutcheon). (various references) | |
Spanish | escutelo (escutcheon). (various references) | |
Swedish | sköld (Buckler, shell, shield). (various references) | |
Turkish | kalkansı pul, kalkan gibi organ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "SCUTELLUM" (pronounced 'Scu*tel"lum'): Asylum, Cerebellum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Cribellum, Flabellum, flagellum, Glabellum, hilum, hoodlum, Mesophyllum, Peplum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Rostellum, Sacellum, Sigillum, Skellum, spirillum, Vallum, Vellum, Veretillum, Vexillum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-l-m-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: cullets, mullets, mutuels, mutules. | |
-3 letters: culets, cullet, cultus, luteum, mulcts, mullet, muscle, mutuel, mutule, scutum, tulles. | |
-4 letters: cells, celts, clues, culet, culls, culms, cults, cutes, luces, lulus, lutes, mells, melts, mucus, mulct, mules, mulls, mutes, scull, scute, smell, smelt, stull, tells, tules, tulle. | |
-5 letters: cell, cels, celt, clue, cues, cull, culm, cult, cute, cuts. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-l-m-s-t-u-u" | |
+3 letters: meticulously. | |
+5 letters: contumeliously, ultramasculine. | |
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