testa

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A seed coat.
 * The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
 * 1) * 1969, C. W. Bennett, Seed Transmission of Plant Viruses, Alison Smith, Advances in Virus Research, Volume 14, page 224,
 * In tests with the Lincoln and Virginia varieties of cowpea, Crowley (1959) found that, in plants infected with bean southern mosaic virus before blossoming, the virus was present in nearly 100% of the testae and endosperms of seeds of both varieties, but could not be detected in the embryos.
 * 1) * 2005, D. W. Dickson, D. De Waele, Nematode Parasites of Peanut, Michel Luc, Richard A. Sikora, John Bridge, Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture, page 419,
 * A.[Aphelenchoides] arachidis is a parasite of pods, testae, roots and hypocotyls, but not the cotyledons, embryos or other parts of the plant (Bos, 1977a; Bridge et al., 1977).
 * 1)  The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
 * A.[Aphelenchoides] arachidis is a parasite of pods, testae, roots and hypocotyls, but not the cotyledons, embryos or other parts of the plant (Bos, 1977a; Bridge et al., 1977).
 * 1)  The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
 * 1)  The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  head
 * 2) end (of a post, plank, barrel, etc.)
 * 1) end (of a post, plank, barrel, etc.)

Etymology 1
From (13th century, ), from.

Noun

 * 1) forehead
 * 2) * 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
 * "gl"

- Et avia ẽno rrostro hũu palmo et meo en longo et ẽna barua hũu palmo, et ẽno nariz hũu meo palmo; et ẽna testa hũu palmo et pouquo mais


 * 1) * 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90:
 * "gl"

- os quaes roçiins era huun delles ven preto con hun signal enna testa et ho outro ben çerbyño con huna mancha enna testa


 * 1)  the whole head of a person
 * 2) limit of a property
 * 3) fore
 * 4) lid
 * 1) limit of a property
 * 2) fore
 * 3) lid
 * 1) lid
 * 1) lid

Etymology 1
From. The semantic development is earthen pot → skull → head.

Noun

 * 1)  head
 * 2)  obverse
 * 3)  head
 * 4)  head, the first car(s)

Etymology

 * Perhaps as if, from.
 * Perhaps from, from (whence 🇨🇬). Thus cognate with 🇨🇬.
 * Borrowed from a language, as words for vessels often are.
 * Borrowed from a language, as words for vessels often are.

Noun

 * 1) a piece of burned clay, brick, tile
 * 2)  a piece of baked earthenware
 * 3) an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn
 * 4) a sherd, potsherd
 * 5) a piece of bone
 * 6) ostracon (= )
 * 7) the shell of shellfish or of testaceous animals, shellfish
 * 8)  skull
 * 9) a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero
 * 1) a sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Padanian:
 * Old
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Old
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Southern Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:

Noun

 * 1) head

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) head

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) forehead part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to test; to try

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  head

Usage notes
In Rumantsch Grischun, the literary standard language, testa is used in the figurative sense, and in the anatomical sense. Usage differs somewhat, however, between dialects.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  head
 * 2) intelligent person
 * 3) intelligence

Etymology 1
From. Compare the inherited Old Spanish.

Noun

 * 1) head
 * 2) test shell or endoskeleton of an echinoderm or certain plankton

Verb

 * 1) to try, to attempt; to see if a specific action is possible; also to see if a device works properly