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tegmen layer

Two layers of cells next to the pericarp of a seed which represent the inner cell layers of the inner integuments of the ovule. The tegmen is often mis-termed as testa which is derived from the outer integuments in the ovule and which is destroyed before the caryopsis ripens.

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