Relating to or involving the episperm; describing something about the outer seed coat or its properties.
From episperm + -ic. Botanical adjective form created in 19th-century plant science literature.
Epispermic traits—like seed coat thickness and color—evolved to match each plant's survival strategy: desert plants have super-thick epispermic layers while rain forest plants have thin ones!
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