testa

Meaning

1. A seed coat.
2. The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

Synonyms

seed coat

shell

🐚

episperm

jacket

hull

husk

integument

encrustation

envelope

✉️

gasket

pallium

casing

incrustation

bema

investment

bark

mantle

paring

peel

rind

choir

shuck

skim

skin

slough

test

valve

cornhusk

cortex

crust

Translations

Samenschale

Samenhülle

κέλυφος

περίβλημα

testa

episperma

pantser

schaal

🐚

episperma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testa.