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Tapetum

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Tapetum (Latin for carpet or tapestry) can refer to:

  • Tapetum (botany), tissue within the sporangium (especially the anther), which provides nutrition for growing spores . The innermost wall of microsporangium
  • Tapetum lucidum, a reflective tissue layer associated with the retina of some vertebrates
  • Tapetum of corpus callosum, a section of the corpus callosum in the brain