Meaning Of The Word Tapetum

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What's The Definition Of Tapetum?

tapetum in American English
any of various membranous layers
noun: a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature

tapetum in British English
noun: a layer of nutritive cells in the sporangia of ferns and anthers of flowering plants that surrounds developing spore cells

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