endosperm
noun
en·do·sperm
ˈen-dō-ˌspərm 
plural endosperms
: a nutritive tissue in the seed of a flowering plant that is formed within the embryo sac following double fertilization
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Whole Wheat Whole wheat bread is made with wheat flour that keeps the entire wheat kernel intact, including the bran, endosperm, and germ.
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Inside the bran is the endosperm and the germ.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Whole Wheat While white bread is made with refined flour, which contains only one part of the kernel, whole grains contain the entire kernel (bran, germ, endosperm).
—Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
White bread, by contrast, has very little nutritional value because it has been stripped of its bran and germ, leaving behind mostly starchy endosperm.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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Lindsey Desoto, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Inside the bran is the endosperm and the germ.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Whole Wheat While white bread is made with refined flour, which contains only one part of the kernel, whole grains contain the entire kernel (bran, germ, endosperm).
—Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
White bread, by contrast, has very little nutritional value because it has been stripped of its bran and germ, leaving behind mostly starchy endosperm.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for endosperm
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“Endosperm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endosperm. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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endosperm
noun
en·do·sperm
ˈen-də-ˌspərm
: a food-containing tissue formed within the seed in seed plants
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