Endosperm

[endәspә:m]

(noun.) nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.

Edited by Bryan--From WordNet

(n.) The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Checked by Debs

n. (bot.) the albumen of a seed.—adj. Endosper′mic.

Typed by Joan