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The 22 pages that link to Seed coat, each with the reason it gives.

• SeedBroader topic: It shields the embryo and stored resources from damage and drying.

• Seed dormancyRelated: An impermeable or mechanically resistant coat can prevent water uptake or radicle emergence.

• Seed germinationRelated: Its permeability and strength affect water entry and the embryo’s emergence.

• GerminationBroader topic: Its permeability and strength affect water entry and the emergence of the embryo.

• AcheneRelated: It remains separate from the achene’s pericarp and protects the enclosed seed.

• CotyledonRelated: The seed coat encloses the embryo and its cotyledons until germination.

• CaryopsisRelated: Its fusion with the pericarp is the defining feature of a caryopsis.

• GranivoryBroader topic: A seed coat can resist digestion or mechanical damage from granivores.

• HydrochoryRelated: A water-resistant coat can protect a seed during immersion and transport.

• MyrmecochoryRelated: The coat can remain intact while ants remove the attached reward.

• Seed developmentBroader topic: It forms from maternal ovule tissue as the seed matures.

• ArilRelated: Its surface may be covered by an aril, but it is a distinct tissue.

• GranivoreRelated: Its hardness and thickness affect how readily a granivore can eat a seed.

• SeedlingRelated: It protects the embryo until germination and emergence.

• MucilageRelated: Many seeds release mucilage from specialized cells in the seed coat.

• Pine nutBroader topic: The seed coat surrounds the kernel and is removed from many pine nuts before sale.

• Kidney beanRelated: It gives a dried kidney bean much of its color and protects the seed inside.

• Sunflower seedBroader topic: The striped shell is the seed coat of the sunflower achene.

• LentilRelated: Its presence distinguishes whole lentils from many split, dehulled lentils.

• Navy beanRelated: Its thin, pale coat is a visible feature of the dried navy bean.

• Pinto beanRelated: Its patterned surface gives uncooked pinto beans their distinctive appearance.

• Black turtle beanRelated: Its dark, glossy seed coat gives the bean its characteristic appearance.