Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s3.42

c5.s3.42

7. Seed:—The seed is called *vījam* (बीजम्), that out of which something grows. Seeds are enclosed in a vessel called *vījakosha* or seed-vessel. Seed-vessels are sometimes identified with integuments (seed coats) and sometimes with pericarp (ovarian wall). The kernel is called *śasya* (endosperm) and the cotyledon is called *vījapatram* (बीजपत्रम्).