spermoderm

Noun

 * 1)  A seed coat or testa.
 * 2) * 1851,, Manual of Botany, Second Edition, John Joseph Griffin and Co., page 275:
 * The general covering of the seed is called spermoderm (σπέρμα, seed, and δέρμα, covering). The Spermoderm usually consists of two parts, an external membrane, called the episperm or testa (ἐπί, upon, or on the outside, and σπέρμα, a seed, or testa, a shell), and an internal membrane, called endopleura (ἔνδον, within, and πλευρά, side).
 * The general covering of the seed is called spermoderm (σπέρμα, seed, and δέρμα, covering). The Spermoderm usually consists of two parts, an external membrane, called the episperm or testa (ἐπί, upon, or on the outside, and σπέρμα, a seed, or testa, a shell), and an internal membrane, called endopleura (ἔνδον, within, and πλευρά, side).