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recalcitrant seeds
Definition
Seeds that do not acquire desiccation tolerance during their development and are shed at relatively high moisture contents. These seeds rapidly loose water and their viability.
Definition Source
NAL Thesaurus Staff
Spanish
semillas recalcitrantes