EXOCARP | • exocarp n. (Biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp. • EXOCARP n. the outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. |
EXODERM | • exoderm n. An outer layer of skin. • exoderm n. The outermost layer of cells in a developing embryo. • EXODERM n. the external layer of an embryo, also ECTODERM, EPIBLAST. |
EXODIST | • exodist n. One who goes out or emigrates; a member of an exodus. • EXODIST n. a person who goes out; an emigrant. |
EXOGAMY | • exogamy n. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one’s own as required by custom or law. • exogamy n. (Biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes. • EXOGAMY n. marriage outside a particular group. |
EXOGENS | • exogens n. Plural of exogen. • EXOGEN n. a plant which grows by thickening its outer layer. |
EXOMION | • exomion n. (Rare) Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”). • EXOMION n. a Roman sleeveless garment, also EXOMIS. |
EXONYMS | • exonyms n. Plural of exonym. • EXONYM n. a name for a town in a foreign language. |
EXOPODS | • exopods n. Plural of exopod. • EXOPOD n. the outer branch of a crustacean limb, also EXOPODITE. |
EXORDIA | • exordia n. Plural of exordium. • EXORDIUM n. (Latin) a beginning. |
EXOSMIC | • EXOSMIC adj. relating to exosmose, a form of osmosis. |
EXOTICA | • exotica n. Plural of exotic. • exotica n. Curious, strange, unusual and exotic things. • exotica n. (Music) A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the… |
EXOTICS | • exotics n. Plural of exotic. • EXOTIC n. something from another part of the world. |
EXOTISM | • exotism n. A product or feature of exotic quality. • EXOTISM n. something exotic. |
FLEXORS | • flexors n. Plural of flexor. • FLEXOR n. a muscle that bends part of the body. |
HEXONES | • hexones n. Plural of hexone. • HEXONE n. a hydrocarbon solvent. |
HEXOSAN | • hexosan n. (Biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses. • HEXOSAN n. a polysaccharide that yields hexose on hydrolysis. |
HEXOSES | • hexoses n. Plural of hexose. • HEXOSE n. a sugar with six carbon atoms to the molecule. |
PLEXORS | • plexors n. Plural of plexor. • PLEXOR n. (Greek) a small, rubber-headed hammer that physicians use to test reflexes, also PLESSOR. |