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viscin
sticky substance produced on the seed coat of parasitic flowering
plants in the Viscaceae (mistletoes) that helps attach the
seed to the host plant branch
(Phoradendron serotinum seeds,
floating in water, with photosynthetic endosperm and viscin
coats fully expanded. Used by permission of K.R. Robertson
and D. L. Nickrent.)
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