This does leach out most of the water-soluble oligosaccha-rides—but it also leaches out significant quantities of water-soluble vitamins, minerals, simple sugars, and seed-coat pigments: that is, nutrients, flavor, color, and antioxidants. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
The common bean has been developed into many hundreds of varieties of different sizes, shapes, seed-coat colors and color patterns, shininess, and flavors. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
When the seeds are ground, the small protein and carbohydrate particles and dissolved mucilage from the seed-coat can coat the surfaces of oil droplets and thus stabilize such sauce emulsions as mayonnaise and vinaigrette p. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
Seed of some species, especially those with hard seed coats, must be stratified (subjected to moisture at low temperature to break dormancy) or scarified (treated with acid, hot or cold water, or mechanical abrasion) to increase seed-coat permeability and ensure rapid germination. ❋ Unknown (1981)
Though in the vast majority of grasses the pericarp is inseparable, in a few cases it is free from the seed-coat as in _Sporobolus indicus_ and _Eleusine indica_. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)
If the fruit is a dehiscent one and the seed is therefore soon exposed, the seed-coat has to provide for the protection of the embryo and may also have to secure dissemination. ❋ Various (N/A)
Within the seed-coat the dormant life remains in safety, protected from dangers outside. ❋ Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose (N/A)
Special outgrowths, arils, of the seed-coat are of frequent occurrence. ❋ Various (N/A)
In albuminous Dicotyledons the cotyledons act as the absorbents of the reserve-food of the seed and are commonly brought above ground (_epigeal_), either withdrawn from the seed-coat or carrying it upon them, and then they serve as the first green organs of the plant. ❋ Various (N/A)
× 500 P. pericarp; I. seed-coat; A. aleurone layer; ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)
The character of the seed-coat bears a definite relation to that of the fruit. ❋ Various (N/A)
The seed fills the cavity fully and the pericarp fuses with the seed-coat and so they are inseparable. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)
As the development of embryo and endosperm proceeds within the embryo-sac, its wall enlarges and commonly absorbs the substance of the nucellus (which is likewise enlarging) to near its outer limit, and combines with it and the integument to form the _seed-coat_; or the whole nucellus and even the integument may be absorbed. ❋ Various (N/A)
Monocotyledons the cotyledon itself, probably in consequence of its terminal position, is commonly the agent by which the embryo is thrust out of the seed, and it may function solely as a feeder, its extremity developing as a sucker through which the endosperm is absorbed, or it may become the first green organ, the terminal sucker dropping off with the seed-coat when the endosperm is exhausted. ❋ Various (N/A)
On the other hand, indehiscent fruits discharge these functions for the embryo, and the seed-coat is only slightly developed. ❋ Various (N/A)
Caryopsis a one-celled, one-seeded, superior fruit in which the pericarp has fused with the seed-coat. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)
In Indonesia they are often boiled twice, left in running water for 2 days after the removal of the seed-coat, then fermented 3-4 days and finally cooked once more. " ❋ Unknown (1996)
