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n. - Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.

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  • The endosperm is the food store for the developing seedling.
  • The endosperm is more finely ground, but the germ and bran are ground separately and coarser and then it is all brought back together.
  • The endosperm, which is primarily starch, makes up the bulk of the grain.
  • Wheat grains have three components - the nutrient-rich bran and germ "chaff", and the endosperm, which is mostly starch and protein.
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