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Pellicle

noun
1.
Thin protective membrane in some protozoa.





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... black walnut tree is, 15 feet in circumference, said to be the largest in Connecticut. This purple variety has nuts with a brownish red involucre showing sharply against the green leaves. The young foliage is purplish red, and the cambium and the pellicle of the kernels are purple. It is a very fair nut and the tree is very striking when it starts in spring with the ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting • Various


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