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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.