intine

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Meaning

A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

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The vegetative and generative cells are surrounded by a thin delicate wall of unaltered cellulose called the endospore or intine, and a tough resistant outer cuticularized wall composed largely of sporopollenin called the exospore or exine. Source: Internet

The callose wall is broken down by an enzyme called callase and the freed pollen grains grow in size and develop their characteristic shape and form a resistant outer wall called the exine and an inner wall called the intine. Source: Internet

These two layers are the tectum and the foot layer, which is just above the intine. Source: Internet

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