(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:31:00

In"tine (?), n. [L. intus within. Cf. Extine.] Bot.

A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

 

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