perIspermIc

[Eng. perisperm; -ic.] Bot.: Furnished with albumen. "The name perispermic albumen, or perisperm, is often restricted to that found in cells of the nucleus alone." -Balfour: Botany, § 587. per-Is-pher-Ic. per-Is-pher-Ic-al, a. [Pref. peri-, and Gr.sphaira a ball, a sphere.] Round, globular. pěr-1-spo-răn'-gi-ŭm, s. [Pref. peri-, and Eng., ., sporangium (q. v.).] IMG:content-0904.png:[blocks in formation] seed.] Bot.: The outer covering of a spore. pěr-I-spör-J-ā-çě-1, subst. pl. [Mod. Lat. peri spori (um); Lat. masc. pl. adj. suff. -ace i.] Bot .: A sub-order of Ascomycetous Fungi, established by Fries. The receptacles or perithecia are closed till they begin to decay. Nuclei never softening into a gelatinous ma ; asci generally large; sporidia indefinite in number. Generally parasites. pěr-1-spör-I-ŭm, s. [PER IS PORE.] Bot .: The typical genus of Per is por i ace i (q. v.).