1. (Bot.)
Defn: The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
Note: In the ripened seed the primine and secundine are usually united to form the testa, or outer seed coat. When they remain distinct the secundine becomes the mesosperm, as in the castor bean.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. secondines.]
Defn: The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; — generally used in the plural.
SECUNDO-GENITURE Se*cun`do-gen"i*ture, n. Etym: [L. secundus second + genitura a begetting, generation.]
Defn: A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or
possession so inherited.
The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture of
Spain. Bancroft.
SECURABLE
Se*cur"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be secured.
SECURE
Se*cure", a. Etym: [L. securus; pref. se- without + cura care. See
Cure care, and cf. Sure, a.]