secundine noun. ['sɛkʌndɪn] LME.
[Late Latin secundinae fem. pl. (Latin secundae), from Latin secundus following: see SECOND adjective, -INE¹.]
1. Medicine. sing. & in pl. = AFTERBIRTH. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

2. Entomology. The inner coat of a cocoon. rare. Only in L16.

3. Botany. The second of the two integuments of an ovule where two are present, orig., the inner one, now, the outer one (which is formed second). Cf. PRIMINE. L17.

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