I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door
appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. What does the term penetralium mean as used in this sentence from the passage?
Seeds protect and nourish the embryo or young plant. They usually give a seedling a faster start than a sporeling from a spore, because of the larger food reserves in the seed and the multicellularity of the enclosed embryo.
